Communication with the military transport An-26 was lost the day before at about 18.00. The plane was performing a scheduled flight over the peninsula. According to the Ministry of Defense, there was no damaging effect on the aircraft. On Wednesday night it became known that the plane crashedeveryone on board died. At the same time, six crew members and 23 passengers were reported. Later the place where the An-26 fell was found. According to RIA Novosti, he crashed into a rock.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into the crash of the AN-26 plane in Crimea. According to the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee, there were 7 crew members and 22 passengers on board the aircraft.
The military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have opened a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Art. 351 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of flight rules or preparation for them)– reported the Russian Investigative Committee on Wednesday.
According to the investigation, the AN-26 crashed near the village of Kuibyshevo, Bakhchisaray district. There were 7 crew members and 22 passengers on board.
Now investigators, criminologists, employees of the forensic department of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia are conducting search activities in the mountain forest of the Bakhchisarai region. All the circumstances of the incident are being established.
source: RIA Novosti Crimea
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