“A criminal case has been opened on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of air transport”), ”she said.

According to preliminary data, in the Klinsky district, a light-engine aircraft Sigma landed with two people on board. The pilot died, the passenger was taken to the hospital.

Earlier, during a hard landing of a light-engine aircraft near the village of Minino, a pilot died and a 12-year-old child was injured.