He noted that it is necessary to clarify the issue of the priority of aircraft landing during training flights.

“According to the information that I have, for some unknown reason, another board was launched, and a board with a faulty engine was not accepted.

We need to draw conclusions as quickly as possible, as they suggest themselves, "Ukrinform quotes his statement at a briefing at the crash site.

Kucher added that it is necessary to check the actions of the persons who made such a decision.

Earlier, the Kharkiv regional administration announced the removal of the black boxes of the crashed An-26 aircraft.

Military aircraft An-26, on board which were seven officers and 20 cadets of the Kharkiv National University of the Air Force named after Kozhedub, crashed on the evening of September 25 when landing in the Kharkiv region.

The bodies of 25 dead were found at the crash site, another person died in the hospital.

One cadet survived.