Became known the details of the crash of Prigozhin’s plane

New data have appeared in the case of the crash of the Embraer-135 business jet in the Tver region, in the passenger lists of which was the head of PMC Evgeny Prigozhin. The report on the flight of the aircraft was published by the Flightradar24 portal.

So, the resource was able to track data on the Embraer jet until 18:20 Moscow time. It is noted that the plane climbed to 8.5 km and continued to fly at this altitude for some time. Then he randomly climbed, descended again, and lost 2.4 km in 30 seconds. At the same time, the aircraft began transmitting flight data at 14:46 UTC time (17:46 Moscow time).

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the plane was heading from Moscow to St. Petersburg. It fell near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Bologovsky district in the north-west of the Tver region. It was reported that there were ten people on board, including three crew members, all of whom died. The Federal Air Transport Agency named among the possible passengers Prigozhin, Wagner commander Dmitry Utkin, several PMC fighters, as well as the general director of Neva CJSC Valery Chekalov.

According to the Al Jazeera TV channel, Prigozhin’s phone was found at the crash site of the business jet. However, his body has not yet been identified, Kommersant notes.

Currently, the road to the village of Kuzhenkino from the side of the old farm was blocked by traffic police posts, RIA Novosti reports. It is noted that on a country road in the direction of the crash site, vehicles of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the RF IC periodically pass in both directions. An operational headquarters is also deployed there, media workers are working behind the cordon. It is noted that one of the wreckage of the plane lies at the entrance to the village of Kuzhenkino, two kilometers from the crash site. The police cordoned off the place. Law enforcement officers stop cars and ask drivers about the purpose of the trip.