Innovative, efficient, and sometimes brutal in its engineering methods, the aviation industry in the Soviet Union had a rich ...

The Soviet Union lasted a mere sixty-nine years (the Spitfire has been flying longer), but in that time produced some of the largest, fastest, toughest and most agile aircraft ever created. Even now, ...

The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies.

The An-26 is a Soviet-era aircraft designed primarily for military use () A Russian military plane has crashed in the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, killing 29 people on board, the Russian ...

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A Russian military transport plane crashed in Crimea, killing all 29 people on board, Russian investigators said on Wednesday. The cause was most likely a technical malfunction, they said.

The ministry said it believes a technical malfunction caused the crash, and that there was no “damaging interference” with the plane.