According to preliminary data, there were six people on board the Falcon 10 plane that went missing in Afghanistan: four crew members and two passengers. This was reported on January 21 by the Federal Air Transport Agency.
It is noted that the aircraft is registered in the state register of civil aircraft of the Russian Federation.
“Rosaviation is in touch with the aviation authorities of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Republic of Tajikistan,” the department’s Telegram channel noted.
As indicated by the Federal Air Transport Agency, the Falcon 10 aircraft (registration number RA-09011, serial number 128) was produced by the French company Dassault Aviation in 1978. The board belongs to Athletic Group LLC, as well as to a private individual. The plane that disappeared from radar was flying to Moscow via Tashkent. On the evening of Saturday, January 20, while in the airspace of Afghanistan (near the border of Tajikistan), he stopped communicating and disappeared from radar.
“The aircraft was performing a charter ambulance flight on the route Gaya (India) – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Zhukovsky (Russia). The search for the aircraft is underway,” the message adds.
Earlier in the day, the Indian agency Pajhwok News, citing local authorities, reported that a passenger plane, which the media called Indian, crashed in the mountains of the Afghan province of Badakhshan. According to some reports, the plane deviated from its original course. According to media reports, the plane fell into the high mountains in the Tophana area of the Zebak region.
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