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What happened in the Chuhuiv An-26 crash?
Summary
A look back at the military training plane crash in Kharkiv Oblast that killed cadets and led to a national day of mourning.
What happened near Chuhuiv on 25 September 2020? A military training plane, an An-26Sh, crashed in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, during a training flight. The aircraft was on its approach to land when it came down.
Among the dead were cadets from the Kharkiv Air Force University. The crash killed 26 people and wounded another person, according to reports from that day. Early reports spoke of more than 20 dead.
The aircraft and those on board
The plane carried 27 people, and one of them survived. The aircraft was destroyed. It had tail number 76 and belonged to the 203rd Training Aviation Brigade.
National mourning
Ukraine declared 26 September 2020 a day of mourning for the victims.
The flight was a training exercise, and the people on board included cadets from the Kharkiv Air Force University.
