A Ukrainian owned and operated cargo plane said to be carrying defense equipment — including mines — from Serbia crashed near Kavala, Greece, sparking a large-scale operation to secure the site and a swirl of speculation online about where the plane was ultimately headed.
Serbian authorities said the plane, an Antonov An-12BK aircraft owned by the private Ukrainian cargo carrier Meridian, was headed to Bangladesh. It was on its way from Serbia to Jordan, flight records show, when it crashed in northern Greece.
Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the plane’s cargo included illuminating mortar mines and training mines, according to Serbia’s public broadcaster RTS.
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Source: The Washington Post