Four people survived the crash of a Russian-registered plane in Afghanistan, and the fate of two more people is being clarified, the Russian aviation monitoring agency Rosaviatsia announced, citing Russian diplomats.
A charter plane with six people disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan yesterday, the Russian aviation authorities announced earlier.
Afghan police announced that they had received reports of the accident.
The preliminary conclusion of the Russian operational services is that a technical problem occurred in both engines of the “Falcon 10B” aircraft.
The plane was carrying out a medical evacuation from Thailand to Moscow.
Russian investigators said they had launched a criminal investigation to determine whether there were any breaches of security rules.
