MOSCOW: A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at an airbase in Syria Tuesday, the defence ministry said, killing all 39 people on board in one of the deadliest incidents since Moscow's intervention in the country's war. A Russian military transport plane An-26 is seen of the unpaved runway of the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk region, Russia August 22, 2016. The transporter was around 500 metres from the runway at the Hmeimim airbase in western Syria, according to the defence ministry. A commission will investigate the causes of the crash, the defence ministry said. Roses lie on the snow before the building of the Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow, Russia, 06 March 2018.

Source: New Strait Times March 07, 2018 03:22 UTC