Cadet who JUMPED from crashing Ukrainian plane before it hit the ground is pulled from wreckage ALIVE and fights for life in hospital after 22 died in disaster
- Two cadets survived the initial crash in Ukraine on Friday by jumping out of the aircraft in mid-air
- Both cadets were taken to hospital after the crash but one died from their injuries at 10.50am this morning
- Transport plane was carrying 28 passengers when it crashed and caught on fire in town of Chuhuiv, Ukraine
- Deputy Interior Minister said ‘it’s impossible to establish the cause’ of the crash which killed 22 people
- An urgent investigation into the crash has been commissioned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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One of the two military cadets who survived the tragic plane crash yesterday after they jumped out has died.
At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others seriously injured on Friday when a Ukranian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country.
However, the Kharkiv region’s Governor Alexei Kucher said that two of the cadets jumped out of the plane before it crashed and were taken to hospital to be treated for serious injuries.
One of two military cadets who survived the tragic plane crash near Kharkiv in the Ukraine yesterday after they jumped out of the plummeting aircraft has died
At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others seriously injured on Friday when a Ukranian air force plane crashed near Kharkiv in the east of the country
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky (pictured), who arrived at the crash site, declared September 26 a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash
Crash site: The remains of the Ukrainian military aircraft which crashed on Friday killing most of the passengers on board, some of which were cadets
However, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Emergencies Situations Service said: ‘As of 10:50 a.m. the person, who was in critical condition in hospital after the plane crash, died.’
The other surviving cadet remains in hospital in a critical condition.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who arrived at the crash site, declared September 26 a national day of mourning for the victims of the crash.
The transport plane was carrying a total of 28 passengers when it crashed and burst into flames in the town of Chuhuiv in Ukraine.
Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko said: ‘Twenty-two people died, the search for two other people is continuing’.
The transport plane was carrying a total of 28 passengers when it crashed and burst into flames in the town of Chuhuiv in Ukraine
Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko said: ‘Twenty-two people died, the search for two other people is continuing’
Wreckage of an AN-26 military plane seen after it crashed in the town of Chuguyiv after it crashed and burst into flames on Friday night
The transport plane was carrying a total of 28 passengers when it crashed, including 21 military students and seven crew, he said.
‘It’s a shock,’ he added. ‘At the moment it’s impossible to establish the cause’ of the crash.’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would travel to the region on Saturday.
‘We are urgently creating a commission to investigate all the circumstances and causes of the tragedy,’ he wrote on Facebook.
Firefighters at the crash site of the Antonov An-26 plane on Friday night as they desperately tried to extinguish the flames
It took firefighters about an hour to put the burning wreckage of the plane out
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would travel to the region on Saturday. ‘We are urgently creating a commission to investigate all the circumstances and causes of the tragedy,’ he wrote on Facebook
The Antonov-26 transport aircraft crashed at around 8:50 pm local time (5.50GMT), two kilometres from the Chuhuiv military air base, the emergency services said
The town of Chuhuiv is around 30 kilometers southeast of Kharkiv and 100 kilometres west of the front line with the pro-Russian separatists
Pictured is a Slovak AIrforce Antonov AN-26 troop carrier aircraft (the same type which crashed last night in Ukraine)
The Antonov-26 transport aircraft crashed at around 8:50 pm local time (5.50GMT), two kilometres from the Chuhuiv military air base, the emergency services said.
The plane caught fire after the crash and was extinguished after one hour.
The town of Chuhuiv is around 30 kilometers southeast of Kharkiv and 100 kilometres west of the front line with the pro-Russian separatists.