The crash site of the An-26 was found, with which communication was lost in Six crew members and 23 passengers were killed, the preliminary cause of the disaster was a technical malfunction, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The search and rescue team found the crash site of the An-26 aircraft. According to the report from the site, six crew members and 23 passengers on board were killed, " the report says.
The preliminary cause of the disaster is a technical malfunction. A commission of the Ministry of Defense is working at the crash site.
As a source at the scene told RIA Novosti, the AN-26 crashed into a rock.
Communication with the military transport An-26 was lost the day before around 18.00 Moscow time. The plane was performing a scheduled flight over the Crimea. As reported in the Ministry of Defense, there was no damaging effect on board.

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