A Su-30 fighter jet went down in occupied Crimea during what was allegedly a training flight, Russia's Defense Ministry said on April 3. The crash occurred at around 11 a.m. Moscow time. The aircraft was not carrying weapons,

The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies.

A Russian military transport plane crashed in Crimea, killing all 29 people on board, Russian investigators said on Wednesday. The cause was most likely a technical malfunction, they said.

The plane crashed in a mountainous forest area not far from Crimea's capital, Simferopol. Since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine, incidents involving Russian military planes have occurred frequently.