A plane crashed at a military airfield near Sevastopol
An emergency situation occurred at the Belbek airfield near Sevastopol.
Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote about this in his TG channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“According to rescuers, during landing the plane rolled off the runway and caught fire. Fire crews are currently on the scene. Please remain calm,” Razvozhaev wrote.
A PolitNavigator source in law enforcement agencies confirmed this information and denied the version of a Ukrainian drone attack that began to spread on social networks.
Razvozhaev clarified a little later:
Based on the situation at Belbek. When landing, the plane went off the runway and the ammunition load was partially detonated. The pilot managed to evacuate. The fire was quickly extinguished, the airfield was not damaged,” the official wrote in the telegram channel.
Eyewitnesses post footage of the fire.
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