Investigators are considering engine failure as one of the priority versions of the crash of the Falcon-10 plane in the mountains of Afghanistan with Russians on board.
As reported by the press service of the Western Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, as part of the criminal investigation, searches are being carried out and documents relevant to the investigation are being confiscated. The investigation is considering various versions of the plane crash, one of the most likely is a technical cause in the form of engine failure.
“The investigation, in cooperation with the Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan and representatives of the Federal Air Transport Agency, received information about the condition of Russian citizens, and all necessary measures are being taken to transport them to Moscow,” the department said in a statement.
A Falcon 10 plane crashed on the evening of January 20 in Afghan airspace. The airliner took off from Moscow to pick up a married couple in Thailand, and during the flight over the territory of Afghanistan it stopped communicating. Two pilots and two medical staff survived the crash. Two passengers died at the scene from their injuries.
Mash reported that the passengers of the Falcon airliner were a couple from Volgodonsk flying to the Russian Federation from Thailand for emergency hospitalization.
Source: Rosbalt
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