Three people were victims of the crash of a light aircraft, which crashed while landing at Egelsbach Airport near Frankfurt am Main. One of the victims of the crash was Natalia Fileva, chairman of the board of directors of the S7 Group, she was 55 years old.
The crash of a private six-seater Epic LT with registration number RA-2151G, which flew from Kann to Egelsbach, happened on Sunday afternoon, March 31, at about 15:30 local time (16:30 Moscow time). Light aircraft fell in a field near Darmstadt and completely burned out after the outbreak of fire.
The victims of the disaster have not yet been identified, but the press service of S7 Airlines reported that one of the dead was Natalia Fileva, a shareholder of the airline and one of Russia's richest women (in the Forbes rating of 2018, her fortune was estimated at $ 600 million).
It is noted that the circumstances of the tragedy are not yet known, and an international commission with the participation of the Russian aviation authorities will be in charge of investigating the incident in the prescribed manner.
“The team of the S7 Group holding expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends. The image of Natalia Valerievna as a bright, not indifferent leader and a beautiful person will forever remain in the memory of the employees, this is an irreparable loss for the whole team, ”the press service added.
Their condolences in connection with the death of Natalia Fileva have already been expressed in the company Aeroflot and in Roscosmos. According to the director general of the department, Dmitry Rogozin, Filev was “a great enthusiast of aviation and astronautics,” so for her the entire Roscosmos her death became a personal tragedy.
“On behalf of all my colleagues in Roscosmos, I express my sincere condolences to her family. We are very sorry ... We kept in constant contact with Natalia on cooperation with the S7 Space company, ”Rogozin said.
In turn, the press service of Aeroflot stated that Natalia Fileva, as the head of the S7 group of companies, achieved “outstanding success, contributed to the strengthening of domestic civil aviation and the growth of Russia's authority as a great aviation power.”
An informed source of Interfax reported that besides Filev, her father Valery Karachev was aboard the plane, while the pilot was piloted by airman Andrei Dykun. Official confirmation of this information yet.
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The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has created an operational headquarters for the investigation of the catastrophe in Germany, IAC Deputy Chairman Sergei Zayko told RIA Novosti. According to him, Russian specialists have already contacted German colleagues.
In turn, the interlocutor of the agency in the German flight safety service reported that the pilot of the crashed aircraft had not reported any problems on board the airborne satellites until the disconnection from the radar control system.
"The pilot did not report anything technical problems," - said the representative of the flight safety.
He said that shortly before landing, the pilot disconnected from the radar control system and contacted the control room at the Egelsbach airport, whose work is not supported by the agency. At the same time, the interlocutor of RIA Novosti did not rule out that the plane crash could have occurred both due to the human factor and for technical reasons.
“One can only speculate. Perhaps the pilot lost control of the aircraft or it was a technical defect. To say exactly now nothing can not be "- added the representative of the department.
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According to the Southern Hesse Police Department, three people became victims of the plane crash - an airplane pilot and two passengers, presumably, Russians.
“Together with the pilot on board, most likely, there were two more people. According to preliminary data, they could be citizens of Russia. The final identification of bodies is expected within the next week, ”- told the police.
They also reported that two more people were victims of a serious accident involving a police car that was driving to the crash site. The accident occurred at about 15:45 local time (16:45 Moscow time) on the federal highway 486. According to the preliminary conclusion, the police car collided head-on with another car. Two people in Opel died at the accident scene, three police officers were hospitalized.