Transport plane crashes in Russia, crew killed: defence ministry

MOSCOW, Feb 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Russian Antonov An-26 transport plane carrying military equipment crashed in Russia’s southern Voronezh region near Ukraine, killing all crew members on board, the defence ministry said.

   “During a planned flight to transport military equipment, an An-26 aircraft of the Russian aerospace forces crashed,” the defence ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.

“The crew died,” the statement said, without providing any details.

A defence ministry spokesman confirmed the crash but declined to say how many crew members had been killed. — NNN-AGENCIES

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