Reuters —
A Russian An-26 military transportplane crashed into a cliff in Crimea, killing 29 people onboard, due to a possible technical malfunction, Russia’s defenseministry said early on Wednesday, according to news agencies.
TASS news agency, quoting the ministry, said communication with the aircraft was lost at about 6 p.m. local time on Tuesday on a planned flight over Crimea. The peninsula, covered in sweeping mountains leading down to the coast of the Black Sea, was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.
“The defense ministry reported that a search team found the site of the catastrophe,” TASS reported. “According to a report from the site, six…