By: Tyler Dudek

On July 17th, 2022, a plane carrying 11 tonnes of weapons to Bangladesh crashed

in Greece. 8 People were killed from the collision.

The plane planned to travel from Siberia, making stops in Jordan, Saudi Arabia

and India.

Soon after the plane took off from Siberia, it ran into an engine problem and

asked for an emergency landing. Unfortunately, the plane could not make it that

far. The plane crashed close to the city of Kavala.

2 Kilometers away, Aimilia Tsaptanova, a Kavala resident saw the plane crash and

was shocked that the plane did not hit her home.

“It was full of smoke, it had a noise I can’t describe and it went over the

mountain,” she said. “It passed the mountain, turned and crashed into the fields.

“There were flames, we were scared. A lot of cars came, but they couldn’t

approach because there were continuous explosions.”

Dangerous smoke with an unknown white substance filled the air. Army,

explosive experts and Greek Atomic Energy Commission staff could not get close

by. Drones were used to check the wreckage.

It is unclear exactly what kind of weapons were on board. Some say they are

“illuminating mortar mines and training (mines)”, others say they are mortar

shells bought from Serbia for the training of army and border guards.