Russian military plane crashes in Crimea, killing 29 people

Russian military plane crashes in Crimea, killing 29 people

The Russian Ministry of Defense points to a technical failure as the probable cause and guarantees that no signs of an external impact were found in the wreckage.

A Russian military transport plane crashed on Tuesday after flying over the annexed Crimean peninsula, killing all 29 people on board, the report said. Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to the ministry, cited by the Russian news agency the probable cause of the disaster with aeronave An-26 is currently a technical failureand no signs of external impact were found in the wreckage.

Between aces 29 fatalities include 23 passengers and six crewand investigators from the Ministry of Defense are working at the site of the aircraft crash, said the same source.

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