Greek authorities found on Sunday evening the dead bodies of eight crew members of the "Antonov" military plane, which crashed on Saturday, July 16, in Kavalla, Greece. 

According to the commander of the land mine clearance battalion, an object believed to be the black box of the plane was also found in the area. The plane crashed on Saturday, around 22:45 in Kavalla, Greece, resulting in the death of 8 crew members on board. 

The plane with four engines had left Serbia for Jordan with ammunition, while the Greek authorities have been alerted to control the danger posed by the area to the residents, as there is the possibility of new explosions of ammunition. 

The fatal cargo plane, which was Ukrainian and belonged to the Meridian company, had left Saturday afternoon from the city of Nis in Serbia, bound for Jordan. During the flight, however, it suffered a technical failure at the Athens FIR and according to CAA Commander Georgios Dritsakos, the pilot wanted to make an emergency landing but was unable to. 

Specifically, in his communication with the Control Tower, the pilot indicated that he was facing a problem, as well as that the fire in the plane's engine was creating other problems and stated that he would try to land in Kavalla. 

Also, the information shows that the plane lost its fourth engine in the air and caught fire, while CAA is waiting for the flight plan from the relevant service of Serbia, to ascertain the details of the fatal flight. 

According to witnesses, the plane crashed into a corn field and miraculously no one was injured by the residents of the area. Information from the Greek media talks about a load of ammunition on the plane, while only 8 crew members were on board. Firefighters rush to the scene as the commercial flight's 12-ton cargo, classified as hazardous material, may explode. 

At the bottom of Mount Agios Oros, the plane makes a 180 degree turn, loses altitude, burns and crashes a short distance away. 

The forced landing never happened 

Information from the Civil Aviation Service confirms that apparently one of the four engines caught fire and therefore made a 180 degree turn returning to Kavalla airport, but the landing never happened. 

East of Mount Athos, Antonov 12 appears to be returning to the airport. However, it loses altitude to crash just behind the peaks of Pangaeus, as confirmed by eyewitnesses. 

The area has been plunged into darkness since 23:00 as the plane may have knocked down cables during its crash between Antifilippou and Paleochori, in Eleftheroupolis Kavala. 

The transport plane had departed from Serbia to Jordan and was said to be on a commercial transport flight.