March 31, 2026

Military transport plane crashes into a cliff in Crimea. 29 people killed

At least 29 people died as a result of the crash of a Russian military transport aircraft An-26 in Crimea. This is reported by TASS with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to the department, among the dead are six crew members and 23 passengers. A commission of the Ministry of Defense is working at the scene. The An-26 military transport aircraft was making a planned flight over the annexed Crimea, the department said. Around 18:00 Moscow time, contact with it was lost. According to preliminary data, the cause of the catastrophe was a technical malfunction. A TASS source at the scene said that the plane crashed into a cliff.