Main points
- On March 31, a Russian An-26 plane crashed in Crimea, killing Lieutenant General Oleksandr Otroshchenko and six officers.
- The plane crashed due to a technical malfunction, killing everyone on board, including 7 crew members and 22 passengers.
Lieutenant General killed in Russian An-26 crash in Crimea / Channel 24 Collage
On March 31, a Russian An-26 plane crashed in temporarily occupied Crimea. Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko and six officers from the headquarters of the Russian Northern Fleet died on board.
RosZMI and Exilenova+ write about this.
What is known about Lieutenant General Otroshchenko?
It has now become known that Russian Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko was on board the An-26 plane that crashed in Crimea. This information is confirmed by the head of the Central Military District of the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko.
Otroshchenko was the current commander of the mixed aviation corps of the Russian Northern Fleet. Previously, the general commanded the 45th Army of the Russian Air Force and the air defense of the Northern Fleet.
During the flight, he was accompanied by 6 officers from the Northern Fleet headquarters – all of them also died.
By the way, during the crash of the An-26 plane, everyone on board died – seven crew members and 22 passengers. According to the preliminary reason, the plane crashed due to a technical malfunction.
Important! Russia is gradually losing its aviation, and the Ukrainian Defense Forces are helping it a lot in this. On the same day, a supersonic Su-34 fighter was hit while trying to repel an attack by Ukrainian drones. And a few days before that, the defense forces destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter, known as the “Alligator”. It was attacked by an FPV drone on a fiber optic.
What details of the An-26 incident are known?
-
On March 31, at around 6:00 p.m. Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported the loss of contact with the An-26 military transport aircraft. It is known that the aircraft was performing a scheduled flight over the temporarily occupied Crimea.
-
However, on the night of April 1, the Russian authorities acknowledged the An-26 crash. They stated that everyone on board had died.
-
The plane crashed near the village of Kuibysheve, Bakhchisarai district, in occupied Crimea. Russia claims that the cause was a technical malfunction.
-
It is known that the An-26 is a Soviet military transport aircraft designed for transporting cargo, landing troops, and possible evacuation of the wounded.