As a result of the crash of the An-26 aircraft in the Zaporozhye region, one pilot died, two more are in the hospital, said Colonel Ivan Arefiev, spokesman for the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration..

" The Zaporozhye Regional Prosecutor's Office, the police, the State Emergency Service are now working on the spot: it turns out why the aircraft, which was carrying out a technical flight, fell, having previously caught on an electrical support. This fact will be clarified,"

According to Arefiev, there were three pilots on board the plane: one died, two are in the hospital..

According to preliminary data, the plane crashed on Friday, April 22, when it was performing a technical flight.. According to unconfirmed information, the plane touched the electrical resistance, causing the engine to catch fire..