A Russian An-26 transport aircraft crashed over occupied Crimea on March 31, killing 29 military personnel.
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Russian An-26 transport aircraft reportedly crashes over occupied Crimea, killing 29.
Among those killed were servicemembers of Russia's Northern Fleet, according to Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis.
The aircraft had seven crew members and 22 passengers on board; none survived.
Contact with the An-26 was lost at around 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on March 31.
The Defense Ministry cited a technical malfunction as the preliminary cause and said the aircraft had not been struck by any external force.
The An-26 crash killed all on board including the commander of the 6th Air Corps of the Northern Fleet, Lieutenant-General Alexander Otreshchenko
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