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This is the horrific moment a passenger plane goes into a roll seconds after takeoff then crashes into the snowy runway killing four.
A video caught the chilling failure of Antonov TBC-2MC which suddenly dives in the town of Naryan-Mar in the Russian Arctic.
The pilot lost control soon after take-off this morning and the small single engine aircraft is seen rolling before going into a dive behind an airport hangar.
The main cause of the emergency was 'a technical malfunction that occurred during the initial climb' after which the plane 'appeared to spiral downwards', reported The Siberian Times.
The pilot, aged 40 with long experience in Arctic aviation, 'could not cope' with the emergency, said an official.
The plane was en route to remote Kharuta, a 40 minute flight.