A Russian military transport plane has crashed in the Crimean peninsula, killing all 29 people on board.as reported by official Russian media citing the Ministry of Defense. The accident occurred this Tuesday afternoon, when the device disappeared from radar while flying over this strategic region of the Black Sea.
The plane, an An-26 model, lost contact at 18:00 Moscow time (15:00 GMT) during a scheduled flight in the area. Shortly after, emergency teams were activated and managed to locate the remains of the device on a cliff. According to the first information, There are no survivors among the 23 passengers and six crew members.
Without survivors and with causes still to be clarified
Russian authorities have confirmed that All occupants of the plane died on impact. At the moment, no details have been offered about the possible causes of the accident, although it is expected that an official investigation will begin in the next few hours to clarify what happened.
Rescue teams were deployed as soon as contact with the device was lost and they managed to quickly locate the accident area, in difficult-to-access terrain.
A key area in the conflict
The accident occurs in Crimea, a territory of great strategic importance for Russia due to its access to the Black Sea. The peninsula was annexed by Moscow in 2014 following a referendum not recognized by much of the international community and remains one of the main sources of tension with Ukraine.
Although for now there is no evidence linking the accident with the conflict, the fact that it occurred in a highly militarized area adds uncertainty about the circumstances of the accident.
