PALAIOCHORI, Greece (AP) - Experts investigated a cargo plane crash in northern Greece on Sunday, finding no evidence of dangerous substances but saying there’s a lot of ordnance that the plane was carrying spread around the crash site.
Serbia’s defense minister confirmed that all eight crew members died in the crash.The An-12 cargo plane from Serbia was being flown by a Ukrainian aviation crew before it smashed into fields between two Greek villages late Saturday.
The plane crashed shortly before 11 p.m. about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Kavala International Airport.Minutes before, the pilot had told air traffic controllers he had a problem with one engine and he had to make an emergency landing, officials said.
He was directed to Kavala Airport but never made it there.RELATED: Wildfire rages in France; fire pilot killed in PortugalThe fuselage of the Soviet-era four-engine turboprop dragged on the ground for 170 meters (nearly 190 yards) before it disintegrated.