“The version is being worked out that the deceased man who was flying the plane arrived at the airfield to carry out repair work.
His task was to pump the landing gear, so he moved by plane along the runway.
For some reason, he made ... take off without permission, and after a few kilometers the plane made a hard landing, ”the TASS reports from the UK.
Earlier it became known that in Tatarstan, as a result of the accident, two people were killed on board a light-engine aircraft.
The incident took place near the village of Kaleykino.
According to the Volga Investigative Directorate of Transport of the UK, the accident occurred at 12:30, there were two people on board.