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01.04.26 - 17:30
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29 Killed In One Of Worst Russian Military Air Disasters Of Ukraine War (ZeroHedge)
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29 Killed In One Of Worst Russian Military Air Disasters Of Ukraine War
Russia has suffered one of its worst aerial disasters of the Ukraine war, as an An-26 Military Transport aircraft went down in Crimea with no survivors reported.
The aerial disaster happened Tuesday, with state media reporting that the aircraft slammed into a cliff during what was described as a routine flight over the Black Sea peninsula.
via TASS
All 29 onboard, including 23 passengers and six crew, were killed in the crash, marking one of the deadliest recent incidents involving Russian military aviation in the region.
Officials say the trouble began very quickly into the flight. "On 31 March at around 18:00 Moscow time, contact was lost with the An-26 military transport aircraft whilst it was on a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula," the defense ministry said.
Shortly after, confirmation came from the ground: "The An-26 aircraft, with which communication was lost earlier, crashed into a cliff, ...
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