The Ministry of Defense of Serbia announced on Sunday that “8 people were killed in the crash of a cargo plane in northern Greece on Saturday evening, while the Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority revealed that the plane was not destined for Jordan.”
Serbia’s defense minister said on Sunday that a Serbian cargo plane crashed near the northern Greek city of Kavala on Saturday, killing eight.
An Antonov cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian airline crashed in northern Greece on Saturday, Greek civil aviation officials confirmed, adding that the plane was traveling from Serbia to Jordan.
Local residents reported that they saw a fireball and heard an explosion two hours after the incident.
Experts are preparing to search the crash site to determine the type of cargo.
Meridian Cargo operates the aircraft, a Soviet-made Antonov N-12 turboprop.
Greek media reported that the plane was carrying 8 people and carrying 12 tons of “hazardous materials”, most of which were explosives.
In Amman, the Jordanian capital, the Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that “the cargo plane that crashed in northern Greece, from Serbia, was not destined for Jordan.”
“The downed cargo plane had its final destination in Bangladesh, noting that it stopped in Jordan for refueling,” the official said.
Jordan’s official news agency, Petra, quoted an official source in the Jordanian Civil Aviation Organization as saying that the plane’s flight schedule included a stop at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman for refueling and then taking off to complete the flight.
And media reports stated that “a cargo plane en route from Serbia to Jordan requested an emergency landing at Kavala Airport in Greece, but was unable to make it.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
