A prototype of Russia's new Il-112V military transport aircraft has crashed in the Moscow Region, a source in the defence sector told Sputnik. The Russian Emergency Services later confirmed to Sputnik that the aircraft had exploded during the fall and is now completely destroyed. 

"A prototype [of the] Il-112V crashed on 17 August during a flight in the Moscow Region", the source said.

According to preliminary data, three men were on board and no one survived the crash. 

The press service of United Aircraft reported that a special commission has been set up to investigate the crash.

Russia's Rostec corporation told Sputnik that it has also set up a commission with the participation of aircraft-building research institutes and plants to investigate the Il-112V crash.

"Rostec is establishing an internal commission with [the] participation of experts from aircraft-building research institutes and plants to investigate the cause of the accident of the Il-112V plane, which crashed today during a training flight in the Moscow Region's Kubinka", a spokesman for the corporation said.