Residents reported seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for two hours after the Antonov aircraft came down near the city of Kavala.
A cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline and reported to be carrying 12 tonnes of"dangerous materials" has crashed in northern Greece.
Greek media reported eight people had been aboard the plane and that it was carrying 12 tonnes of"dangerous materials," mostly explosives.
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