Senior Russian commander Alexander Otroshchenko killed in March air crash, official says
Authorities said the An-26 was on a routine flight and investigators opened a criminal probe into possible flight-rule violations.
- Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, commander of the 45th Army of the Northern Fleet's Air Force and Air Defence, died when an An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea on March 31.
- The Russian Defence Ministry cited a technical malfunction as the preliminary cause, with 29 military personnel killed on board the aircraft.
- On Monday, Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis confirmed the general's death, noting he had met with Otroshchenko just days before the crash.
- Federal investigators launched a criminal probe under Article 351 of the Russian Criminal Code, examining potential violations of flight rules and preparation regulations.
- BBC News Russian estimates Otroshchenko is the 14th Russian general killed since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, while Kyiv has made no claims regarding the incident.
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Russian Northern Fleet aviation commander among victims in fatal An-26 plane crash in Crimea
The commander of aviation for Russia’s Northern Fleet has died following the crash of a military transport plane, the An-26, in Russian-occupied Crimea at the end of March. The accident claimed the lives of everyone on board, including both crew and passengers. Russian news outlet Interfax reports, citing Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis during an operational meeting, Lieutenant General Aleksandr Otroshchenko - the commander of the Northern Fleet…
A Russian military aircraft crashed over Crimea at the end of March. As Russia's authorities now state, a high-ranking commander has been killed.
Murmansk governor confirms Russian general killed in An-26 crash in Crimea
Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis has confirmed that Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko was among those killed when an An-26 military transport plane crashed in Russian-occupied Crimea on March 31. There were no survivors.
At the end of March, a Russian military plane crashed and crashed against a rock face in Crimea. Among the dead is also a high-ranking general.
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The Independent (US)Russian air force commander among victims of Crimean plane crash
An An-26, Soviet military transport aircraft, launched against a fraud on March 31, in Crimea, causing the death of the 30 people who followed the ship.
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