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A Russian subject level clang successful annexed Crimea has killed six unit and 23 passengers, Russian quality agencies reported successful the aboriginal hours of Wednesday, citing the Defense Ministry.
The An-26 subject transport level was carrying retired a scheduled formation implicit the Crimean Peninsula, the reports said. The subject mislaid interaction with the level astir 6 p.m. connected Tuesday.
The Soviet-designed subject transport turboprop craft crashed into a cliff, sources astatine the country told authorities quality agencies Tass and RIA Novosti.
Russia's Investigative Committee said a full of 7 unit members and 23 passengers were connected board. It wasn't instantly wide from authoritative statements if 1 unit subordinate has survived.
The Investigative Committee said it has launched a transgression probe successful transportation with formation regulations and a hunt is underway successful a mountainous forested country successful the Bakhchisarai district.
The Interfax quality bureau cited the Defense Ministry arsenic saying a suspected method malfunction whitethorn person caused the clang and that determination was nary "damaging interference" with the aircraft.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine successful 2014 and has since administered it arsenic Russian.
Previous Russian subject level crashes
Accidents involving Russian subject planes person been predominant since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022.
In December, an An-22 subject transport level crashed successful Russia's Ivanovo region, sidesplitting 7 crew. In October, a MiG-31 combatant pitchy crashed successful the Lipetsk region, portion a Tu-22M3 bomber crashed successful the Siberian portion of Irkutsk successful April 2025.
In March 2024, a Russian subject transport level with 15 radical connected board crashed portion taking disconnected from an aerial basal successful occidental Russia. That clang came conscionable weeks aft the aforesaid benignant of plane went down near the Ukrainian border.
In January 2024, Russia said Ukraine had downed an Il-76 -- carrying Ukrainian prisoners of warfare -- adjacent the countries' shared border. A U.S. authoritative told CBS News astatine the clip that determination were nary contiguous indications that a rocket fired from Ukraine had struck the plane, and that it remained unclear whether determination were Ukrainians connected committee the aircraft.
In October 2022, a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential country of Yeysk, a Russian metropolis connected the Azov sea, sparking a monolithic occurrence and sidesplitting 15 people.
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