Five Ukrainian citizens have been killed after an An-26 freight plane belonging to Ukrainian Airlines crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 28, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's press service has reported.
“According to a report from Ukraine’s embassy in the Republic of Kenya, on
December 28, a Ukrainian Airlines Sirin Company’s freight aircraft crashed in
the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had travelled from
Entebbe (Uganda) – Pointe Noire (Congo). According to preliminary reports, six
crew members died, five of them were Ukrainian,” reads a report posted on Dec. 31.
Search and rescue work continues at the crash site.
The Ukrainian embassies in Belgium and Kenya have been authorized to take
measures to examine the circumstances of the incident, and to bring the bodies
of the Ukrainian citizens.