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Plane carrying Air Force cadets crash, kill 22 people

A military plane conveying Air Force cadets has crashed in Northeastern Ukraine.

The Antonov An-26 transport plane burst into flames near a highway in north-eastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board.

A statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Ruslan Khomchak said the crashed occurred while trying to land during a training exercise.

Khomchak explained that at least two more persons were critically injured, NAN reports.

A video posted by Anton Gerashchenko, the Deputy Interior Ministero, on Facebook showed the aircraft in flames lying near a road and smoke billowing upwards in the night sky.

An investigation has already started on what caused the airplane to crash.

The crash happened around two kilometres (1.2 miles) from a military airport.

The cadets were from the Kharkiv University of Air Force, which is run by the country’s Defence Ministry.

Reacting, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said: “A state commission is being created to identify all the circumstances and causes of this disaster.

Search and rescue work continues on the spot.”

Sunny Green Itodo

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