Pesawat pengangkut Rusia terhempas, 32 maut

SEBUAH pesawat pengangkut Rusia terhempas dan membunuh kesemua 32 penumpang termasuk enam anak kapalnya, lapor Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia.

Pesawat AN-26 itu dilaporkan terhempas ketika mendarat di Pangkalan Hmeimim berdekatan bandar persisir pantai Latakia.

Siasatan awal mendapati, kegagalan teknikal mungkin punca nahas itu berlaku.

Russian Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed while preparing to land at the Khmeimim air base in #Syria. All 32 people on-board perished. Investigation is underway, most likely cause - technical malfunction . Our condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased pic.twitter.com/kLwdMbiDLh
— Russia in RSA (@EmbassyofRussia) March 6, 2018

Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia memaklumkan, nahas berlaku pada jam 3 petang waktu tempatan.

"Pesawat itu terhempas ketika berada pada ketinggian kira-kira 500 meter dari landasan,' tambahnya.

Susulan itu, satu suruhanjaya khas ditubuhkan bagi membantu siasatan.

MORE: According to Russian media, a technical malfunction is believed to have caused the crash of the An-26 aircraft near the Hmeimim base; cargo plane not attacked from the ground. 26 passengers and 6 crew members were on board crashed plane in #Syria, all died. #Russia pic.twitter.com/N0Ti5Ti5sz
— Hasan Sari (@HasanSari7) March 6, 2018

Russian Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed while preparing to land at the Khmeimim air base in #Syria. All 32 people on-board perished. Investigation is underway, most likely cause - technical malfunction . Our condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased pic.twitter.com/kLwdMbiDLh
— Russia in RSA (@EmbassyofRussia) March 6, 2018

Pada 7 Januari lalu, tentera Rusia mengesahkan berjaya mengagalkan serangan drone di Hmeimim.

Ia seminggu selepas pesawat perang Rusia rosak di pangkalan akibat serangan mortar.