| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 2018 |
| Time: | 14:51 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | RF-92955/52 |
| MSN: | 10107 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | 0,5 km from Latakia-Khmeimim Air Base (LTK) -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kuweires Air Base |
| Latakia-Khmeimim Air Base (LTK/OSLK) |
A Russian Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in Syria, killing all on board.
The aircraft approached with a tail wind and was caught by a windshear on the final portion of the approach. It banked, lost height and crashed some 500 metres before the runway threshold.
Sources:
Interfax.ru
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