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Sacked airport worker destroys plane with crane

A video has emerged of a disgruntled airport worker destroying a plane after allegedly being fired by his employer.

The footage emerged via video sharing site LiveLeak.com, and shows the employee hacking apart the plane, belonging to Russian jet company UTair, with a crane. The Sun reports that the plane in question, a Yak-40, is worth an estimated £3.5million.

The shocking clip has already been shared thousands of times; however some viewers are more sceptical as to its origins.

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