By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW (AA) - The Russian Investigative Committee reported on Saturday that four people were killed as a light aircraft crashed in the Moscow region.
The Yak-52 plane fell into a field in Pano village of Kolomna urban district after the crash and caught fire, which was later extinguished, the committee said in a statement.
The plane took off from Severka airfield without coordination, and the crash happened as the pilot was performing a maneuver called "barrel roll," it added.
The Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case following the incident.