Greece: Explosions after airplane carrying 12 tonnes of weapons crashes

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    A view of the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

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    Drone video records how the freight airplane crash landed in the fields (Picture: Reuters)

    A freight airplane bring 11.5 tonnes of weapons has actually crashed in northern Greece, killing everybody on board.

    Explosions were heard for 2 hours after the crash as residents saw a fireball illuminate the sky near the city of Kavala.

    The Antonov An-12 freight airplane removed from Nis in Serbia on Saturday and was heading to Amman in Jordan when it crashed soon prior to 11 pm regional time.

    Minutes previously, the pilot of the Soviet- age airplane, which was run by Ukrainian freight provider Meridian, had actually informed air traffic controllers there was an issue with among the engines and he needed to make an emergency situation landing.

    He was directed to the close-by Kavala International Airport however never ever made it.

    Drone video revealed little pieces were all that stayed of the airplane, which crashed in fields in between 2 towns and dragged a little range on the ground.

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    A flame is seen amid debris of an Antonov cargo plane in Palaiochori village in northern Greece, Sunday, July 17, 2022, after it reportedly crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala. The An-12, a Soviet-built turboprop aircraft operated by the Ukrainian cargo carrier Meridian, crashed late Saturday as Greek Civil Aviation authorities said the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

    The freight airplane was annihilated in the crash and the surges that followed (Picture: AP)

    Debris burns at the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

    Debris still burns at the crash website today (Picture: Reuters)

    A view of the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

    The airplane crashed in fields near to towns near Kavala in northern Greece (Picture: Reuters)

    Greek media reported there were 8 individuals on the airplane and it was bring 12 tonnes of ‘dangerous materials’, primarily dynamites.

    Small fires and a plume of white smoke were still increasing from the front end of the airplane on Sunday early morning.

    Firefighters who hurried to the scene were avoided from reaching the crash website by smoke and an extreme odor which they feared may be poisonous.

    Villagers were informed to keep their windows shut all night, to not leave their houses and to use masks.

    Firefighters are seen near the site of a plane crash, a few miles away from the city of Kavala, in northern Greece, Saturday, July 16, 2022. An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukraine-based air carrier crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Greek Civil Aviation authorities say the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, but have not been able to confirm how many people were on board or what the plane's cargo was. (Ilias Kotsireas/InTime News via AP)

    Firefighters were obstructed from taking on the flames in case the fumes were poisonous (Picture: AP)

    Flames are seen at the site of a plane crash, a few miles away from the city of Kavala, in northern Greece, Saturday, July 16, 2022. An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukraine-based air carrier crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Greek Civil Aviation authorities say the flight was heading from Serbia to Jordan, but have not been able to confirm how many people were on board or what the plane's cargo was. (Ilias Kotsireas/InTime News via AP)

    Explosions were heard for 2 hours after the crash (Picture: AP)

    Teams of dynamites specialists are poised to browse the crash website and identify precisely what type of hazardous freight it was bring.

    ‘We were hearing explosions until a few minutes ago,’ Filippos Anastassiadis, mayor of the town of Paggaio, informed the Associated Press a little over an hour after the crash.

    ‘I am about 300 metres from the site of the crash.’

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