Causing 10 deaths, Wagner founder Prigorn died! A private plane crashes in Russia
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency announced on the evening of the 23rd that Yevgeny Prigoren, founder of the Wagner organization, a private military entity in Russia, died in a plane crash that occurred that day.
A private plane flying from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to St. Petersburg crashed in the Tver Oblast in western Russia on the 23rd. There are a total of 10 people on board, including 3 crew members. Preliminary information shows that all personnel on board have died.
On the 23rd local time, the International News Agency quoted the Russian emergency situation department as saying that all 10 bodies of the victims who crashed on a plane in Tver Oblast have been found, and the search operation has ended.
On the 23rd local time, the Federal Air Transport Administration of the Russian Federation released a list of personnel involved in the plane crash in Tver Oblast, confirming that Prigoren, the founder of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, and one of Wagner's founders and commanders, Utkin, were on board the crashed plane.
According to the list of personnel on the crashed plane released by the Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation, almost all senior leaders of the Wagner Group were among the seven passengers.
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TASS quoted the Russian Aviation Administration as reporting that the founder of the Wagner Group, Prigoren, a private military contractor in Russia, was on the passenger list of the crashed plane. But it cannot be confirmed whether Prigoren himself will board the plane.
According to the footage displayed by Flight Radar24, another plane belonging to Prigoren originally took off after the crashed plane, but later turned around over Moscow and returned to the airport. There are reports that Prigoren is skilled at confusing others, and he may have used personal information to check in on a crashed plane, but he was on another plane.
The Russian Federal Investigation Commission claims to have filed an investigation into the plane crash in Tver Oblast
The news department of the Russian government in Rostyville stated that on August 23rd, a civilian plane crashed in the village of Kurenkino in the city of Bologye in the state. At present, law enforcement agencies and emergency department personnel are conducting on-site work. The detailed situation of the plane crash and the number of casualties are still being verified.
On the 23rd local time, the Investigation Commission of the Russian Federation announced that it has filed an investigation into the plane crash in Tver Oblast in accordance with Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. We have dispatched an investigation team to the accident site and conducted all necessary forensic examinations to carry out a series of investigation actions to determine the cause of the crash.
The Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia says it has begun investigating the plane crash in Tver Oblast
On the evening of August 23rd local time, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency announced that it had established a special committee to investigate the plane crash that occurred in Tver Oblast that day.
According to preliminary information, the crashed plane took off from the Sheremetevo Airport in the Russian capital Moscow and was scheduled to travel to St. Petersburg. There were 7 passengers and 3 crew members on board.
The specialized committee is carrying out preliminary actions at the accident site and is beginning to collect factual materials on crew training, aircraft technical conditions, flight route meteorological conditions, dispatch service work, and ground radio equipment. During this investigation phase, experts will also search for objective control devices on board for decoding and analysis of the "black box" in the future.
