The Russian Air Transport Agency has released the names of all passengers and crew members on board the Embraer plane that crashed in the Tver region on August 23.
Rosaviatsiya announced: “According to aviation authority data, the following passengers were on board the Embraer-135 (EBM-135BJ): Prigozhin Yevgeny, Evgeny Markarian, Alexander Totmin, Valery Chekalov, Sergey Propstin, Nikolay Matusiev and Dmitry Utkin, who were co-pilots.” is the founder and vice president of Wagner”.
follow the pacein rtAmerica considers Valery Chkalov to be Wagner’s deputy director.
Crew members include Captain Levshin Alexey, Co-Pilot Karimov Rustam, Flight Attendant Raspopova Kristina.
Which details have been confirmed?
Connected TASS Citing information from the Russian Air Transport Agency, it was confirmed that the flight was carried out on the basis of an air permit issued in accordance with the regulations.
First, TASS The Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, number RA-02795 believed to belong to Prigozhin, reportedly crashed in the air near the village of Kuzenkino, near the M-10 highway in the Tver region north of Moscow.
The Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, which has the tail number RA-02795, is believed to belong to Mr Prigozhin. Photo: The Guardian
The Russian Emergency Ministry confirmed that the plane crashed in the Tver region, killing all three crew members and seven passengers. There is no report of any casualty on the ground after the plane crash.
The ministry said the Embraer 135BJ Legacy 600 jet was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg at the time of the incident. The plane was en route for 30 minutes when it crashed.
Was the accident registered?
station wise rt, Several short clips of the accident went viral on social media. Videos published by the Mash and Baja channels on Telegram showed the plane spinning uncontrollably and plunging to the ground, leaving a trail of black smoke behind. It is not clear from the clip which part of the aircraft caught fire.
Other clips believed to have been filmed at the crash site show burning debris strewn across a lawn.
Several videos posted on social networks showed the plane carrying the Wagner leader broke off part of its wing and burst into flames in the air before plunging to the ground.
It is being told that Wagner tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the plane. Photo: The Guardian
The accident happened near the village of Kuzenkino in the Tver region of northwestern Russia. Photo: Mash
Mr. Prigozhin is definitely dead?
station wise rtRussia’s air transport authority said Prigozhin was among the passengers on the plane, but did not explicitly state that Wagner was dead.
By the evening of 23 August, rescue workers had recovered eight bodies from the remains of the Embraer after the fire was brought under control. However, no bodies were named at the time. All were said to have suffered serious burns.
Some Russian media outlets have identified the aircraft’s rear number as RA-02795, believed to belong to Mr Prigozhin.
According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, a second plane belonging to Prigozhin with tail number RA-02878 took off from Moscow shortly after the first plane, but returned to the ground after news of the crash broke. Problem. None of these reports have been officially confirmed.
According to the Russian Air Transport Agency, an investigation into the accident has been launched.
Earlier, on August 21, Mr Prigozhin had suddenly appeared after a long absence since the uprising in Russia in late June. In the video, believed to have been filmed in Africa, Mr Prigozhin is wearing a camouflage outfit. Ri and Gun, standing in a desert area.
