Moscow: Three people were killed after a plane crashed in the Moscow Region, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement.
According to preliminary information, the plane, a Russian-designed Superjet 100, fell in a forest area in the Kolomensky district of the Moscow Region, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
The crash took place during a test flight after a scheduled repair, the TASS news agency reported.
No casualties have been reported among the local population.
–IANS