Russian Military Plane Crashes in Crimea
According to the ministry, the aircraft was carrying 23 passengers and six crew members at the time of the crash.
"During a scheduled flight over the Crimean peninsula on March 31 at around 6:00 PM Moscow time (1500GMT), communication with the An-26 military transport aircraft was lost," the statement said.
A search and rescue team later located the crash site of the An-26, confirming that there were no survivors.
A commission from the ministry has been dispatched to investigate the scene. So far, no signs of external impact on the aircraft have been found, and the preliminary assessment points to a technical malfunction as the likely cause of the incident.
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