On the evening of September 25 in Kharkiv region during landing at the airport of the city of Chuguyev AN-26 airplane of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has crashed. In addition to the crew, the cadets of Kharkiv National University of Air Force were on board. According to preliminary information, it was a training flight.
During the plane fall, the fire started. As of now, the fire has been extinguished. According to preliminary information, 22 people are dead, two were injured, 27 people were on board.
We express our condolences to the family and friends of the dead. We wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.
A state commission is being created to identify all the circumstances and causes of this tragedy. Search and rescue work continues at the place of the crash.