Military aircraft crashes in Ukraine, 22 killed

Addis Ababa, September 26, 2020 (FBC) – A Ukrainian military plane carrying aviation school students crashed and burst into flames while landing, killing 22 people, the country’s emergencies service said on Friday.

The An-26, carrying 28 people, crashed while landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 400km east of the capital Kyiv.

The crash happened approximately 2km from a military airport, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a statement.

Reports said that the plane had a military crew and that most of those on board were students at the institution run by the defence ministry.

The plane was on a training flight. There were no immediate indications of what caused the crash.

Source: Aljazeera