Investigative Committee began checking after the crash of a light-engine aircraft in the suburbs 

This is reported by TASS with reference to Elena Markovskaya, a representative of the Moscow Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

“An investigative and operational group has left for the scene.

A pre-investigation check is being carried out, ”she said.

Earlier, the Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed that the pilot and the passenger were killed as a result of the plane crash near Shchelkovo.