KIEV, Oct 5 (NNN-TASS) – Five crew members were killed and three injured, when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo plane made an emergency landing, near the western airport of Lviv, after apparently running out of fuel and disappearing from radar, authorities said.
It is not clear what type of cargo was aboard the plane. Ukraine’s Unian news agency described it as a military cargo plane.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister, Vladyslav Krykliy, announced the death toll on his Facebook page and said an investigation is underway.
He said, the plane was carrying seven crew members and one passenger, on Oct 4 (yesterday) morning, when it sought to make an emergency landing, due to lack of fuel.
Regional emergency service, said that, emergency workers rescued three people from the wreckage, who were hospitalised with injuries.
The Infrastructure Ministry said, the plane planned a refuelling stop in Lviv. Ukrainian news reports said, it crashed 1.5 kilometres from the runway. The plane came down on soil and vegetation near a football stadium and a cemetery. Lviv airport has been closed because of the crash.
Spanish airport operator, AENA, confirmed that the cargo flight, UKL4050, operated by Ukraine Air Alliance, departed from Vigo airport just after midnight on Oct 4. The cargo plane had arrived in Vigo a day earlier from Toulouse, France.– NNN-TASS
