🔴#BREAKING : Il filmato del momento in cui l'aereo #Antonov ucraino si è schiantato a Paleochori Kavalas, nel nord della #Grecia. Il pilota aveva richiesto un atterraggio di emergenza dopo che 3 motori si sono guastati. pic.twitter.com/ZnGAJsQxYO
— WORLDWIDENEWS24 (@Ucrainarussia) 2022年7月16日
“Plane carrying munitions crashes in Greece killing all onboard” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/16/aircraft-carrying-dangerous-cargo-crashes-in-northern-greece
現地時間７月16日夜、希臘北部のカヴァラ空港*1の西40km附近で、爆発物を搭載したウクライナのメリディアン航空*2のAntonov An-12が墜落・爆発し、乗組員８名が全員死亡した。この飛行機はセルビアを出発し、ヨルダンを経由してバングラディシュに向っていたという。
A large cargo aircraft transporting munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh has crashed and exploded in a ball of flames in northern Greece, killing all eight crew onboard.Serbia’s defence minister, Nebojša Stefanović, said the plane was carrying 11.5 tonnes of military products, including illuminating mortar shells and training shells, and the buyer was the Bangladesh defence ministry.
Greek authorities said there were eight crew members onboard. A Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman said they were all Ukrainian citizens.
Greek Civil Aviation authorities said originally the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, although Amman later confirmed it was stopping there only to refuel. The plane, a Soviet-built turboprop aircraft, was operated by the cargo carrier Meridian.
Local officials said seven fire engines had been deployed to the crash site overnight but that they could not approach because of continuing explosions. One of the mayor’s deputies told the local ERT broadcaster that blasts were heard for two hours after the crash.
墜落する前に既に炎に包まれていた。
Greek Civil Aviation said the pilot had alerted authorities about a problem in one of the plane’s engines and was given the choice of landing at either Thessaloniki or Kavala airports. He opted for Kavala, which was closer, saying he had to make an emergency landing.Communication with the plane ceased almost immediately afterwards. The plane crashed about 25 miles (40km) west of the airport.
“We were hearing explosions until a few minutes ago,” Filippos Anastassiadis, the mayor of the municipality of Paggaio, said a little over an hour after the accident. “I am about 300 metres from the site of the crash.”
ERT reported that it was a Ukrainian aircraft, which according to villagers was already in flames before it crashed. The aircraft was still burning, according to live footage broadcast on state television.
See also
“The Ukrainian airline “Meridian” confirmed the crash of its An-12 plane in Greece” https://www.ukrgate.com/eng/?p=42707
“Meridian Flight 3032” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_Flight_3032
