IN BRIEF: Prigozhin listed as passenger on private jet that crashed north of Moscow
According to preliminary data, all 10 people onboard were killed | An Embraer-135 private jet crashed in the Tver Region north of Moscow on Wednesday. All 10 people onboard were killed, according to preliminary data. Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger, the Russian aviation agency said. TASS has put together some key facts about the crash. What happened: An Embraer-135 jet crashed near the Kuzhenkino settlement in the Tver Region north of Moscow, near the M-10 highway. The jet was carrying three crew (two pilots and a flight attendant) and seven passengers. They were all killed. No casualties were reported on the ground from the plane crash, a representative of the Bologoye District emergency service said. The plane’s destination: The aircraft was heading from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to St. Petersburg. It had received a permit for the use of air space. The plane was owned by the MNT-Aero company, which specializes in providing private jet services. The list of passengers includes such members of the private military company Wagner as Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin and Valery Chekalov, the Russian aviation agency said.
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