Foreign media: Flight tracking data shows that the plane had a "sharp descent", and Wagner related channels claim that Prigoren died
According to CNN, the latest analyzed flight tracking data shows that the private plane carrying Wagner Group founder Prigoren reportedly experienced a "dramatic decline".
Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 stated that the aircraft stopped transmitting location data at 6:11 pm local time on the 23rd, possibly due to "interference in the region," but continued to transmit other data for the next 9 minutes.
FlightRadar24 stated that its data showed that the aircraft stabilized at an altitude of 28000 feet and underwent some slight altitude changes. The last minute available data shows that the aircraft's climb and descent are unstable, reaching over 30000 feet at one point.
Then, at 6:19 pm local time, data showed that the aircraft's descent speed was close to 8000 feet per minute before the altitude data transmission stopped.
On the 23rd, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced through social media that an Embraer-135 private plane flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed in Tver Oblast that evening. There are a total of 10 people on board, including 3 crew members. According to preliminary information, all personnel on board were killed.
TASS quoted the Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia as reporting that the passenger list on board included a passenger named Yevgeny Prigoren.
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency announced on the 23rd that it has launched an investigation into the private plane crash that occurred in Tver Oblast that day. The passenger list on board includes Yevgeny Prigoren, founder of the Russian private military entity Wagner Organization.
The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation stated that a special committee has been established to investigate the air crash. At the scene of the accident, actual materials on crew training, aircraft technical conditions, route meteorological conditions, dispatch services, and ground radio technology equipment work have been collected, and the "black box" of the aircraft has been searched for decryption and analysis of records.
On the 23rd local time, the social media channel "GreyZone" related to Wagner announced that Yevgeny Prigoren, the founder of the Wagner organization, a private military entity in Russia, died in a plane crash.
"GreyZone wrote, 'The head of Wagner, a Russian hero, and a true patriot - Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigo died in the act of a' Russian traitor '. But even in hell, he will be the best! Glory belongs to Russia!'"
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Subsequently, the channel released footage of the "Wagner Center" building in St. Petersburg lighting up the "cross" pattern, as well as items such as flowers, candles, and Wagner organization logos placed in front of the "Wagner Center", with people visiting the location to lay flowers.
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