Senior Russian commander Alexander Otroshchenko killed in March air crash, official says
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“A senior Russian Air Force Commander was killed when a military transport aircraft crashed in Russian-controlled Crimea last week killing 30 people”
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“Alexander Otroshchenko, Commander of the 45th Army of the Northern Fleet’s Air Force and Air Defence, died in the crash”
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“The An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea on March 31”
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“Russia’s Defence Ministry said shortly afterwards that the preliminary cause was technical malfunction”
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“The An-26 has been in service since the late 1960s”
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“The An-26 has also been used by airlines to carry freight”
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“The An-26 model has been involved in a number of deadly crashes over the last decade”
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“A Ukrainian An-26 crashed during a flight in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region in 2022, killing one person”
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“Another aircraft crashed on a training flight in northeastern Ukraine in 2020, killing all but one of the 27 people on board”
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“Eight people, including five Russians, were killed when an An-26 crashed in South Sudan in 2020”
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“Four of 10 people on board were killed when an An-26 crashed on landing in Ivory Coast in West Africa in 2017”
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