2022 Ukrainian Air Force Antonov An-26 incident
Antonov An-26 · Shot down by Russia
From Unknown (military exercise) to Unknown (military exercise)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 5 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 9
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Antonov An-26
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-26
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 5
- Route
- From Unknown (military exercise)To Unknown (military exercise)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The incident involving the Ukrainian Air Force Antonov An-26 was an air incident that occurred on 24 February 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The aircraft in question, an Antonov An-26 operated by the Ukrainian Air Force, was shot down by the Russian army while carrying out a transport exercise near the town of Zhukivtsi in Ukrainian territory.
On board the aircraft were 14 military personnel (crew and passengers), of whom 5 died during the incident. After the incident, the Ukrainian Air Force responded to the attack by pursuing other Russian military aircraft that were said to be carrying out missions in the region; so far this was the only incident recorded with fatalities.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Portuguese Wikipedia article “Incidente do Antonov An-26 da Força Aérea Ucrâniana em 2022” (revision 66848610, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Portuguese Wikipedia article: Incidente do Antonov An-26 da Força Aérea Ucrâniana em 2022
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 66848610 · 2023-10-25 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q111917710
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- pt Wikipedia article "Incidente do Antonov An-26 da Força Aérea Ucrâniana em 2022" (page 6814290, revision 66848610), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Portuguese Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.