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All 74 Bodies in Ukrainian Plane Crash Recovered

All the bodies of the 74 people killed in the Ukrainian plane crash were recovered on Monday afternoon in the Macka town of northern Trabzon province, reported the Anatolian News Agency.


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All the bodies of the 74 people killed in the Ukrainian plane crash were recovered on Monday afternoon in the Macka town of northern Trabzon province, reported the Anatolian News Agency.

Meanwhile, the search and rescue activities around the crash site were also completed on the same day. However, the effort to find the black box of the Ukrainian-operated Yak-42 transport plane would continue, the report said.

A special team will come to Turkey to determine the identities of the victims killed in the crash.

The plane carrying 62 Spanish peacekeeping forces returning from peacekeeping duty in Afghanistan and 12 crew members crashed near Macka town of Trabzon Province in Black Sea region early on Monday en route from Kyrgyzstan to Spain.

It was reported that the accident occurred while the plane was attempting to land at the Trabzon airport in thick fog and rain.Meanwhile, Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul on Monday afternoon flew to Trabzon to make observations in the place where the plane crashed.

Gonul is expected to meet in Trabzon with Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo who is coming to the region because of the accident.


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