Late in the evening on July 17, a Ukrainian An-12 cargo plane crashed near the Greek city of Kavalla, flying from Serbia to Jordan.. This is reported by the Greek edition of EPT news..

The plane crash happened at about 11:00 p.m. local time.. The Antonov aircraft started from Serbia and was heading for Jordan, but was lost while being tracked 10 nautical miles west of Kavalla.

He was reportedly on a commercial transport flight..

The pilot reported an engine failure and was immediately cleared for an emergency landing by Kavala Airport..

As evidenced by the video from the scene, near Mount Athos, the plane makes a 180-degree turn, loses altitude and burns down a short distance from residential buildings..

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According to another Greek edition of Lifo, the plane did not fly from Serbia, but from Croatia.. The publication also published a photo of how the burning plane falls..

UPD. EPTnews later reported that 8 crew members were on board and they were carrying 12 tons of cargo.. Their fate is still unknown.

Recall that in May, an Airbus A319 passenger plane crashed in the Chinese city of Chongqing immediately after takeoff.. People managed to save.