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Antonov missing
An accident involving An-26 in Russia leaves six dead
An-26
Fedor Leukhin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gabriela Ramos
9/24/2021
An Antonov An-26 that had disappeared on September 22 near the city of Khabarovsk, in the far east of Russia, had its wreckage located on September 23 and according to Russian news agency TASS, there are no survivors.
The aircraft belonged to a company called Letnye Proverki I Sistemy (Inspections and Flight Systems) and carried six people in order to check the airport's communications equipment.
An emergency services source told TASS that "according to preliminary data, there are no survivors of the plane crash."
One of the members of the search group told the local news agency Khabarovsk Today that “the crew actually had little chance of surviving, the largest fragment of the aircraft was no more than half a meter long, they crashed into the mountain. at full speed”.
According to the Russian Ministry and Emergency Services, the wreckage of the aircraft was located by a Mi-8 helicopter and rescue workers are on their way to the scene. “The plane crashed into difficult terrain. A group of ground personnel and equipment is moving to the accident site,” the Ministry told TASS.
In addition to the An-26, the Letnye Proverki I Sistemy also has an An-24.
An-26
Fedor Leukhin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Gabriela Ramos
Gabriela is the latest addition to the editorial team of our website, having provided us with her solid background in editing, publishing and photography, and her interest and training in aviation history and historiography. His good taste and common sense and great cleverness and sagacity in the selection of themes and materials greatly enriched our vocabulary and narrative style. Gabriela brought unusual predicates and came to stay, helping to point the way of success of our portal.
   
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