A plane which was carrying as many as thirty-two persons, has crashed in Syria, killing everyone inside the aircraft.
It has been reported that a Russian transport plane has crashed in Syria killing all 26 passengers and six crew members believed to have been on board, the defence ministry says.
According to BBC, the An-26 plane crashed during landing at Hmeimim airbase, near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, the ministry is quoted as saying by Russian media.
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The plane was not fired upon, Russia says, and preliminary data suggests a technical malfunction could have caused the crash.
An investigation is now under way.
On 31 December 2017, Russian warplanes were damaged at Hmeimin after a rebel mortar attack.
Hmeimim is Russia's main base for air strikes on rebel groups in Syria - strikes that have enabled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to recover much lost ground.
Russian air strikes are said to have killed many civilians - though Moscow insists that it only targets rebel "terrorist" fighters.
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