Russian Northern Fleet Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko died in an An-26 transport aircraft crash in occupied Crimea near Kuybyshevo.

Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko died in an An-26 transport aircraft crash

Lt. Gen. Alexander Otroschenko, commander of the Northern Fleet's composite aviation corps, may have been among those killed when an An-26 military transport plane crashed in Crimea on March 31.

A Northern Fleet serviceman told journalists about Otroshchenko's death. A resident of Severomorsk who lost a relative in the crash confirmed the information.

Russian authorities confirmed the death of Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Otroshchenko was among those killed when an An-26 transport plane crashed in Russian-occupied Crimea on March 31.

Contact was lost with the An-26 military transport aircraft whilst it was on a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula at around 18:00 Moscow time. The search and rescue team located the crash site and confirmed that all 29 people on board were killed. No signs of external impact were found.

Lieutenant General Aleksandr Otroshchenko was on board the Russian military An-26 aircraft that crashed on March 31 in temporarily occupied Crimea