A Russian military plane crashed on the annexed Ukrainian Crimean peninsula, Russian press agencies reported on Wednesday, referring to the Ministry of Defense there. 29 people lost their lives, TASR reports, according to AFP and Reuters reports.
- A Russian military transport plane An-26 crashed on the annexed Crimean peninsula.
- All twenty-nine people present died when the plane crashed in Crimea.
- There were twenty-three passengers and six flight crew members on board.
- A preliminary investigation attributes the plane’s crash to probable technical problems.
- They lost contact with the plane during a routine flight at approximately 18:00.
There were 23 passengers and six crew members on board the Russian An-26 military transport aircraft at the time of the crash; according to rescue services, none of them survived. In the report on the crash, it is stated that it was apparently caused by technical problems, writes Reuters.
According to the Russian agency TASS, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow already said on Tuesday evening that they lost contact with the An-26 military plane during a routine flight over the Crimean Peninsula at approximately 18:00 local time (17:00 CEST). The ministry said in a statement at the time that rescue teams had been sent to the scene of the potential incident.
