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Sergei Shoigu reported to the President on An-26 plane crash in Syria

During his working trip to Sverdlovsk Region, during a telephone conversation with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Vladimir Putin received the latest information on the crash of a Russian An-26 military transport aircraft in the Syrian Arab Republic.

March 6, 2018
18:15
Yekaterinburg

The head of state expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the entire staff of the Defence Ministry on the loss of their comrades.

On March 6, a Russian An-26 military transport aircraft crashed while approaching Hmeymim airbase. According to preliminary data, all 26 passengers and six crew members have been killed. The crash may have been caused by a technical malfunction.

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Publication date: March 6, 2018, 18:15

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/56993

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