Footage recorded by residents in a nearby village in Greece shows the moment a Ukrainian cargo plane tore through the night sky in a ball of fire and came crashing to the ground.
The Serbian defence ministry said the plane took off from Serbia carrying 11.5 tonnes of munitions and explosive material bound for Bangladesh,
The Guardian reports.
The crew of eight Ukrainian men all reportedly died in the crash. Drone to search wreckage after aircraft carrying ‘dangerous’ cargo crashes in Greece.
The plane, an Antonov An-12, crashed near Kavala, Greece on July 17.