Posted on 09/26/2020 5:33:36 AM PDT by McGruff
Searchers combing the area where a Ukrainian military aircraft crashed found two more bodies Saturday, bringing the death toll to 26. One person survived.
The plane, a twin-turboprop Antonov-26 belonging to the Ukrainian air force, was carrying a crew of seven and 20 cadets of a military aviation school when it crashed and burst into flames Friday night while coming in for landing at the airport in Chuhuiv, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital Kyiv.
Two people initially survived the crash, but one later died in a hospital. No cause for the crash has been determined.
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thanks
bidencide?
The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.
Prayers.
What did the victims know about the Biden crime family and when did they know it?
Probably shot down.
The SBU security service said the plane was performing a training flight but the cadets were not involved in piloting it.
The security service, citing preliminary information, said the pilot reported an engine failure and seven minutes later the plane hit the ground.
Defense Minister Andriy Taran said “the plane likely caught the ground with its wing” and then burst into flames.
Citing preliminary information, the defense minister said that one of the sensors in the left engine had failed. He said the final conclusion would be made after authorities analyse the plane’s black boxes.
“Everything went according to plan: the plane was performing a training flight for cadets,” he said.
He said the instructor was at the controls and cadets took turns to sit next to the pilot.
“According to preliminary findings, the cadets did not directly control the plane - the crew captain carried out all flights,” the SBU said, according to the BBC.
Taran said the aircraft was made in 1977 but could be operated for three more years without undergoing repairs.
On Friday, the plane made six take-offs and five landings, he said
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-military-plane-crash-26-killed-1-survivor/
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