Moscow: The plane that crashed in Afghanistan was privately owned by Russia
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) announced on Sunday that the plane that crashed in the Afghan province of Badakhshan was a private Russian plane with 6 people on board.
A statement issued by the agency said that the Falcon 10 plane was registered in the civil aviation registry in Russia, contrary to rumors that said it was an Indian plane.
The statement explained that the plane disappeared from radar screens when contact with it was lost while it was in Afghan airspace near the Tajikistan border night Saturday.
The statement confirmed that the plane was produced by the French company Dassault Aviation in 1978 and is owned by the private company Athletic Group.
According to statement, there was a crew of 4 on board the plane and two passengers, and it operated chartered health services between the destinations of Gaya (India) – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Zhukovsky (Russia).
The statement confirmed that Rosaviatsiya is in contact with the Afghan and Tajik aviation authorities, and that the search for the plane continues.
On Sunday morning, a plane crashed in Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan, amid reports that it was Indian, which India soon confirmed that the plane didn’t belong to it.
