The investigation is considering equipment failure and pilot error as priority versions of the crash in the Moscow region of a light aircraft, in which there were NTV TV presenter Alexander Koltovoy and another passenger.

This was announced in the Moscow Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

"The investigation is considering a number of versions of what happened, among the priority ones are a technical malfunction of the aircraft and a piloting error," the statement said.

The ministry noted that investigators, together with representatives of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC), seize fragments of the burned down aircraft for their study.

Along with this, the study of the technical documentation of the aircraft continues.

The Investigative Committee clarified that the information received will be examined and compared with the data of the video recorders of eyewitnesses, the testimony of witnesses, as well as with other information obtained during the initial investigative actions.

Investigators believe that the study of these materials will restore the picture of what happened on board.

A criminal case was initiated on the fact of the plane crash under Part 3 of Art.

263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of traffic safety rules and the operation of air transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence").

Earlier it became known that the IAC created a commission to investigate the crash of a light aircraft in the Moscow region.

NTV TV presenter Alexander Koltovoy and another passenger died in the accident.

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“The IAC has formed a commission to investigate this accident.

The commission has started to work, ”the committee said.

The report says that on November 7, in the area of ​​the village of Chkalovo, Lyubertsy district, an accident occurred with a Piper Sport RA-1381G aircraft belonging to a private person.

According to the IAC, the plane burned down, the pilot and passenger on board were killed.

The prosecutor's office organized an investigation into this incident.

According to the ministry, the disaster happened at about 13:00.

The Moscow prosecutor for overseeing the implementation of laws on air and water transport was instructed to audit the implementation of legislation on flight safety.

“If there are grounds, the issue of taking exhaustive measures of the prosecutor’s response will be considered,” the department said.

Nikolay Maksimov, the head of the traffic service of the Myachkovo airfield, said that the leader's plane had passed all the necessary technical checks before departure.

The TASS agency reports, citing sources, that the technical condition of the aircraft was normal, and the flight was authorized.

Eyewitnesses to the incident said that shortly before the disaster, the ship was "behaving strangely" in the air.

“Within a few seconds, he abruptly banked and fell, <...> and within a few seconds the plane exploded.

At the time of the crash, two more sports helicopters of some sort were flying over the field, ”an eyewitness to the accident told the“ 360 ”TV channel.

He also added that before the fall, the plane was "chattering in all directions."

After the fall, an eyewitness said, the plane burned down in about five minutes.

According to him, the rescue services worked quickly, caring motorists also fought with the fire, who used the fire extinguishers stored in their cars.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, firefighters arrived at the crash site at 15:20.

By 15:40 the fire was localized on an area of ​​5 sq.

m. At 15:51 the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced the complete elimination of the fire.

Public flight safety inspector Kirill Kondratenko said that NTV presenter Alexander Koltovoy tried to take the plane away from residential buildings.

“If he walked straight, even with a hard landing, there would be a chance to escape.

Even sitting in the private sector, he could survive, but possibly kill people, "Kondratenko said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

According to him, the pilot began to turn the plane 80-90 degrees, because of which he lost speed, which creates great risks for the crew.

“This is a risk.

And the pilot knew about it.

Therefore, as a pilot, I can say that the deceased pilot committed an act, ”Kondratenko believes.

The media reported that his wife was on the plane with Koltov.

According to a TASS agency source, the deceased woman is not the host's wife.