cargo aircraft crashed – eight individuals lifeless – Muricas News

Kavala – A cargo aircraft with eight individuals on board crashed close to the northeast Greek metropolis of Kavala at round 10:50 p.m. on Saturday night. Eight individuals are lifeless. The harmful cargo can be a trigger for concern.

In response to media experiences, the aircraft had loaded twelve tons of “poisonous materials” and there have been poisonous fumes within the air. Loaded ammunition was additionally reported, particularly as quite a few explosions have been heard after the crash.

The aircraft is an Antonov An-12 from a Ukrainian firm that was en route from the Serbian metropolis of Nis to the Jordanian capital of Amman.

The cargo aircraft is alleged to have beforehand had issues with an engine. The pilot is alleged to have spoken of an engine failure and requested an emergency touchdown at Kavala airport, the Greek information company ANA reported on Sunday evening, citing circles from the civil aviation authority. Nevertheless, the crew didn't make it there: the machine was already on hearth within the air, then crashed about 40 kilometers from the airport – just some hundred meters from an inhabited space in a area close to the village of Paleochori.

On the net flight tracker Flightradar24, the flight route confirmed that the Antonov was already over the northern Aegean Sea close to the Halkidiki peninsula after which turned again in direction of Kavala.

Cellphone recordings from native residents documented that the aircraft was on hearth earlier than the crash. First, a big contingent of fireplace brigade, ambulance and police arrived, then the rescue staff withdrew from the scene of the accident and in addition requested journalists and spectators to go away the world instantly. One is ready for particular forces, two colleagues have been taken to the hospital with respiratory difficulties, a firefighter instructed the state broadcaster ERT.

The Greek hearth brigade has urged residents close to the location of the crash of the Antonov cargo aircraft to maintain their home windows closed and their air conditioners off. Two firefighters have been taken to the hospital with respiratory issues.