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Kazakhstan: Four killed as Russian AN-26 military transport plane crashes
2021-03-14
[Aljazeera] Four people died and two more were injured after a military plane crashed while trying to land in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, authorities said.

"According to preliminary data, four people died, and two injured were sent to the nearest hospital," the emergencies ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Communication with the aircraft ceased at around 17:20 pm local time (1120 GMT) "during the landing approach at the Almaty airport," the airport said, adding that the aircraft crashed at the end of the runway.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

The Russian news agency Interfax reported that the plane belonged to Kazakhstan’s border guard agency.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Step 1: Piss off your Ukrainian aircraft parts suppliers.
Step 2: Planes crash for "unspecified" reasons.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-03-14 14:04  

#2  At ZH they are working overtime to find a 737 Max angle to this story...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-14 12:17  

#1  The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

It was an AN-26. What more is necessary to know ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-14 09:44  

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