- Title: Cargo plane crash lands in western Ukraine, at least five killed
- Date: 4th October 2019
- Summary: LVIV, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 4, 2019) (REUTERS) EMERGENCY SERVICES CAR / EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKERS (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE OFFICER (NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "We have got inside the plane by cutting it from the front part and the tail. Unloading is on the way, we are going to empty it to make sure that there is nobody in here." VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKERS AT CRASH LANDING SITE
- Embargoed: 18th October 2019 09:18
- Keywords: crash landing western Ukraine plane crash catastrophe AN-12 Antonov
- Location: LVIV REGION, UKRAINE
- City: LVIV REGION, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA004AZOMFK7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: At least five crew were killed on Friday (October 4) when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, Russian agency RIA Novosty said citing Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii.
The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanished from radar at 7:10 a.m. (0410 GMT) when it was 13.7 km (8.5 miles) away from the airport, the emergencies service said in a statement.
One of the crew had called the service at 7:29 a.m. to report the emergency landing of the plane, which was found 1.5 km (1 mile) from the airport.
The landing was made 'in connection with the end of the fuel', Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii said later on Facebook, adding that the plane had been flying to Lviv from Spain.
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