Russian Military Plane Crashes in Crimea, All On Board Perish

On April 1st, a Russian and 26 military transport plane slammed into a cliff in Crimea, wiping

out all 29 people on board, that's 23 passengers and 6 crew members gone in an instant, according

to the country's defense ministry.

This went down on March 31st, around 6 p.m. Moscow time, during a routine flight over

the peninsula.

Crimea sticks out into the Black Sea, and Russia took it from Ukraine back in 2014, making

it a hotspot for military ops.

No survivors at the scene, and folks on the ground confirmed the wreckage right after

contact got lost, mid-flight.

It's a gut punch for the families waiting back home.

Early were points to technical issues as the likely culprit, though officials haven't

dropped more details yet.

The ministries staying quiet for now, on any deeper probe, will keep eyes on this as

it unfolds.

These like these remind us how fragile these missions can be and tense skies.