“The engine has failed.

He (the commander of the aircraft. - 

RT

) "into the air" said.

He said on the air that there were some problems with the engine.

By radio, ”- said the source.

According to him, the commander was a 30-year-old major from Chuguev.

Earlier, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine said that the crashed An-26 was performing a training flight.

As the head of the Kharkiv region Aleksey Kucher said on Facebook, the death toll reached 22. According to him, there were 28 people on board: seven officers and 21 cadets.