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Five people have reportedly died after a plane crashed in an emergency landing when it ran out on fuel on route from Spain.

The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanished from radar at 7.10am this morning when it was just over eight miles from its destination airport in Ukraine, emergencies service said in a statement.

One of the surviving crew called the service at 7.29am to report the emergency landing of the plane, which was found a mile from Lviv airport.

(Image: VIA REUTERS)

The emergency landing was made “in connection with the end of the fuel”, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii said later on Facebook, adding that the plane had been flying to Lviv from Vico, Spain.

According to flight data, seven crew members were on board, and reports say one passenger was also in the aircraft.

The plane, which has been in service since 1968, was originally used as global cargo transport for the Soviet air force but it is unclear if the plane was being used for the military when it crashed.

The Ukraine Air Alliance plane was due a planned stopover at Lviv, en route from Vigo in Spain to Istanbul, Vladislav Krikliy said.

The emergencies ministry said the plane had a crew of seven, and one other person was escorting the cargo.

It is not clear what that cargo was.

Maxim Sokolyuk, head of Ukraine's state migration service, said: "According to preliminary data, there are casualties.

"An emergency landing was performed in connection with the end of the fuel.



"An investigation into the accident has begun.”

The plane is not on fire and the crew are being removed from the aircraft.



The plane came down on soil and vegetation near a football stadium and a cemetery.

Lviv airport has been closed because of the crash.