Crew killed in cargo plane crash in Greece, airline Meridian says

Debris is seen at the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

All the crew were killed when an Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed in northern Greece late on Saturday, an official at Ukraine's Meridian cargo airline said on Sunday.

"Of course they didn't survive this," the official told Reuters by telephone, declining to comment further.

A drone view shows the burning debris at the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 16, 2022. ENA Channel/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by David Goodman)