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http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140714-0
Status:
Date: Monday 14 July 2014
Time: ca 12:00
Type: Silhouette image of generic AN26 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov 26
Operator: Ukraine Air Force
Registration: 19 BLUE
C/n / msn: 9710
First flight: 1980
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total: Fatalities: / Occupants: 7
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Izvaryne ( Ukraine)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: ?
Narrative:
An Antonov 26 transport plane of the Ukrainian Air Force crashed near Izvaryne, near the Ukraine-Russian border in an area were heavy fighting was going on. Preliminary information suggests the airplane was shot down. Seven crew members were said to have been on board. At least five parachuted from the plane.
According to the Press Service of the President of Ukraine,
the airplane was flying at an altitude of 6500 m at the time it was hit.Photos from the wreckage suggest that 19 Blue was the airplane involved.