The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran called the preliminary cause of the crash of the An-26 aircraft near Chuguev. He stated this on September 26 during a conversation with journalists, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said. A preliminary analysis indicates that, most likely, the plane caught its wing on the ground, the Minister of Defense said. He also clarified that the flight recorder is on the plane, and conclusions can be drawn only after analyzing the information that is recorded on it. Follow the development of events in the broadcast: The crash of the An-26 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Kharkov. With reference to flight safety experts, Taran said that one of the sensors in the left engine of the aircraft failed. The head of the defense department of Ukraine also specified that the aircraft engine had more than five thousand flight hours in reserve before the next repair, and the aircraft was produced in 1977, that is, 43 years ag...