32 People Killed As Russian Plane Crashes In Syria
Tragedy has stroke in Syria after a Russian transport plane crashed on landing at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase in Syria, killing all 32 people on board, the defence ministry said in a statement reported by RIA Novosti. There were 26 passengers and 6 crew member, the ministry said. “The reason for the crash according to preliminary information could have been a technical fault,” the ministry said, adding that the plane had not come under fire according to a report from the ground. The transporter was around 500 metres from the runway before the crash and now a commisssion will investigate the causes of the crash. Moscow began conducting air strikes in Syria in September 2015, and its intervention has swung the nearly seven-year conflict firmly in favour of its ally in Damascus. The latest accident comes after a Sukhoi military jet crashed while trying to take off from Hmeimim in October last year, killing two crew. Russia’s most recent officially acknowledge...