At least four killed in cargo plane crash landing in Ukraine

At least four crew were killed on Friday when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, officials said.

The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanishedfrom radar at 7:10 a.m. (0410 GMT) when it was 13.7 km (8.5 miles) from theairport, the emergencies service said in a statement.

"Burning is not observed," it added. "Thecrew is being removed from the damaged aircraft."

One of the crew had called the service at 7:29a.m. to report the emergency landing of the plane, which was found 1.5 km (1mile) from the airport.

The landing was made 'in connection with theend of the fuel', Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii saidlater on Facebook, adding that the plane had been flying to Lviv from Spain.