A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the Iranian army said.

The wreckage was found scattered across a mountain at an altitude of 3,900 metres (12,800 feet).

Three crewmen were killed on Sunday after their military cargo plane crashed at a major oilfield in Libya, a local official said.

A Turkish cargo plane crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport Monday, killing at least 37 people and destroying houses after attempting to land in thick fog, authorities said.

At least six people have died after a Russian plane on a fire-fighting mission crashed in Siberia, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.

A cargo plane crashed off the coast of Bangladesh killing three Ukrainian crew members and critically injuring one more, officials said.