A cargo plane crashed Tuesday in Russia's far northeastern region of Siberia, in Kolyma, killing 11 people.

Reuters news agency says the aircraft was a Soviet era Antonov-12 cargo plane that was trying to make an emergency landing when it went down.

The cargo plane was heading to the northeastern town of Chukotka when it crashed.

Antonov-12 is a turbo-prop plane manufactured between 1958 and 1973 for the Soviet air force.