Russian Military Transport Plane An-22 Crashes in Ivanovo Region, Seven Crew Members Aboard
A Russian military transport plane, the An-22 'Antei,' crashed in the Ivanovo region, as reported by Russian media and officials. The crash occurred in the Furmanovsky District near the Uvodskoye Reservoir, where fragments of the aircraft were discovered in the water. The plane was on a scheduled flight following maintenance, according to Russian authorities. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the incident, stating that the An-22 went down in an uninhabited area. A search-and-rescue team and a commission from the Russian Aerospace Forces have been dispatched to investigate the crash. The An-22, developed in 1965 in Kyiv, is a Soviet-era turboprop transport plane and the largest of its type in the world. It can carry up to 29 passengers with cargo, 290 troops, or 206 wounded, with a maximum payload of 60 tons. A total of 66 planes were built. This incident adds to a series of aviation accidents in Russia, including a fatal An-24 crash in July and an An-2 crash in the Krasnodar region. 
