Rescue forces deployed at the site of the crash of the Antonov cargo plane that crashed on Saturday near the Greek city of Kavala, in the northeast of the country, have located two of the eight bodies of the crew, said a spokesman for the Fire Department. Hellene.
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At the same time, the operation to recover the remaining six bodies continues, the aforementioned source added at a press conference..
The specialists in chemical substances that have searched the area of the incident have not found dangerous substances, something that reassures the authorities in the area, since in the morning the drones that analyzed the scene of the incident from the air had detected a white substance of origin unknown.
The plane that crashed on Saturday night between the towns of Paleochori and Antifilipi was an Antonov AN-12 chartered by a Serbian company to a Ukrainian airline. and carried 11.5 tons of training ammunition for mortars.
As reported by the Serbian Defense Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, the plane left at 8:40 p.m. local time (6:40 p.m. GMT) from the city of Nis to Dhaka in Bangladesh, with stops in Amman and Riyadh.
Near the city of Kavala in Northern Greece, a Ukrainian plane AN-12 crashed. It was transporting Serbian-made ammunition to Bangladesh. All 8 crew members, citizens of Ukraine died. pic.twitter.com/bUHBpzmFTK
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The eight crew members were Ukrainians and all died in the accident, the causes of which are unknown for now. Stefanovic stressed that the operation was completely legal and had been approved by the Serbian Defense Ministry.
The pilot had reported an engine failure so he requested authorization for an emergency landing, which he ultimately failed to do as the propellant in question caught fire.
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