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An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.

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Antonov An-26

Soviet turboprop transport aircraft

The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986. It is the third member of the Antonov An-24 family, coming after the An-24 and An-30, while preceding the An-32 and cancelled…
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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)

2021 airplane crash in Russia

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (PTK251) was a domestic Russian scheduled passenger flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, both in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. On 6 July 2021, the Antonov An-26 serving the flight crashed on approach to Palana, killing…
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Palana Airport

Airport in Russia

Palana Airport is an airport in Kamchatka Krai, Russia located 4 km west of Palana. It services small transports.
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July 6

Day of the year

July 6 is the 187th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 178 days remain until the end of the year.
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