A transport aircraft in Ukraine crashed

Comprehensive Greek National Radio and Television Corporation (EPT) and Athens News Agency, on the evening of July 16, local time, a cargo was crashed near Cavala in northern Greece.

A number of foreign media reports that the cargo machine belongs to a Ukrainian company with a model of An-12 transport aircraft, when it was flying from Serbia to Jordan. During the aircraft navigation, the pilot had submitted an application to the ground in the name of "engine failure", hoping to quickly land in a airport in Cavala, but the ground signal was lost shortly after the application was issued.

Witnesses said that the location of his position at the time was only 300 meters away from the scene. He saw that the plane had caught fire before the crash, and a few minutes after landing, "a huge sound like explosion" occurred.

The local fire department stated that there were preliminary reports that there were 8 people on the plane. So far, it is unclear the specific reasons and details of the crash. : "Our current disposal operation is designed with the guesses of the aircraft carrying dangerous goods."

The picture intercepts from the British "Guardian"

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