On 25 September 2020, an An-26Sh military transport plane crashed during a training flight[1] in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.

The fire, which broke out after the plane crash, was extinguished at 9:55 pm by the State Emergency Service brigades and other the Ministry of Internal Affairs units that arrived on the site.

Two cadets survived the accident, but one of them, having received burns to 90% of his body, died on 26 September in an ambulance hospital in Kharkiv.

[20] One cadet survived and is in the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region "with numerous bruises and concussions.".

[25][26][27][10] The plane wreckage is located at 533–534 kilometres (331–332 mi) mark of the M03 Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky highway, which complicates the vehicles movement that passes through one free lane.

[30] According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran, the plane was in good condition, had enough flight resources, but for unknown reasons caught the wing on the ground.

[33][34] On 26 September 2020, Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University published on its Facebook page the names of officers and cadets who died in the plane crash.

[36] A farewell ceremony for 20-year-old cadet Vitaliy Vilkhovy, who died at the hospital from severe injuries in a plane crash, took place on 29 September at the Memorial of Glory in Kharkiv.

[37] On 26 September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky created a commission for investigation of the circumstances of the tragedy and providing all necessary assistance.

[39] In Kharkiv, citizens carried flowers and lanterns to the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University's main building.

[40] On the same day, Zelensky instructed to suspend the flights of all An-26s and their analogues until the crash causes were clarified and to provide information on the technical condition of military equipment.

[59] On 22 December 2020 the Pechersk Raion Court of Kyiv released the Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine Serhii Drozdov on personal duty, imposing on him the duties of not leaving the city, notifying of a change of residence, and arriving at the request of the court, prosecutor's office or investigator.

In addition, prosecutors reported suspicion of negligence in military service by an oblast council deputy who was acting head of the Kharkiv National Air Force University at the time of the crash.

[61] On 3 May 2021 according to the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation, the Pechersk Raion Court of Kyiv chose precautionary measures in the form of night house arrest for 60 days for the former chief of KNAFU, deputy commander of A4104 military unit, where the crash occurred and deputy commander of the military unit for flight training.