Russian military plane crash in Crimea kills 29, defense ministry says
A Russian An-26 military transport plane slammed into a cliff in Crimea, killing all 29 people on board, with a possible technical malfunction emerging as the likely cause, according to Russia’s defence ministry as cited by news agencies.
TASS news agency, quoting the ministry, said contact with the aircraft was lost at about 6pm local time (4pm Irish time) while it was carrying out a planned flight over Crimea.
Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Crimea is marked by sweeping mountain ranges that descend…