A Ukrainian cargo plane with an eight-member crew on board crashed near Kavala city in northern Greece on Saturday evening, Greek media reported. The Antonov An-12 plane was on route from Serbia to Jordan as the pilot requested permission for an emergency landing and notified Greek authorities of failure in one of the engines, Greek national broadcaster ERT reported, citing sources from the Greek Civil Aviation Authority. Eyewitnesses saw the plane in flames crash in a cornfield and explosions followed. Read: Russian forces destroy world's biggest cargo plane Mriya in Ukraine A rescue operation was still underway with special units of disaster personnel approaching the site with precaution, given the yet unconfirmed information that the plane carried 12 tons of cargo including ammunition, ERT reported, citing sources in local authorities. Power cuts have been reported in communities near the crash site, as the plane cut electric power cables before the crash, it added. ■

One person was killed and seven others injured as a car lost control and crashed into a roadside canal from Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj. The deceased was identified as Sujan Mia, 28, driver of the car. The accident occurred in front of Panchagram point in Purba Pagla Union of the upazila on Tuesday afternoon. The Sunamganj-bound car lost control and fell into the canal, according to locals. READ: Schoolboy killed in Dinajpur road crash Police sources said, locals rescued the injured as they heard screaming after the accident. The driver died at the spot.  Seven injured passengers were taken to Sylhet’s Osmani Medical College Hospital. READ: Dinajpur road crash leaves 2 dead SI Abu Bakar of Shantiganj Police Station, who visited the spot, said that the car lost control and fell into the canal leaving the driver dead on the spot.

A small plane crashed into homes shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo's eastern city of Goma, killing 26 people, including the aircraft's passengers and crew, as well as residents on the ground, the government of the central African nation said.