A Russian cargo plane has crashed in Siberia, killing nine people according to local reports.<br /><br />The Antonov An-12 turboprop aircraft was on its way from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk when it fell on warehouses at a military unit outside the town.<br /><br />It started a fire but no casualties were immediately reported on the ground.<br /><br />Those who died were the aircraft’s six crew and three others on board. <br /><br />The Soviet-era plane is understood to have first seen service in 1963.<br /><br />A security source was quoted as saying potential causes were technical malfunction and pilot error.<br /><br />Russia’s air safety record is among the world’s worst.<br /><br />In November, dozens of people died when a passenger plane crashed at an airport in Kazan.
