“The investigation, in cooperation with the Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan and representatives of the Federal Air Transport Agency, has received information about the condition of Russian citizens, all necessary measures are being taken to transport them to Moscow, various versions of what happened are being considered, one of the priorities is technical reasons in the form of engine failure,” the Investigative Committee said .
On January 20, a Falcon 10 plane crashed in Afghanistan. The plane from Moscow took off to pick up a married couple in Thailand to transport them to Russia, but during the flight over Afghanistan it stopped communicating.
Two pilots and two paramedics survived, but two passengers died.
An RT source familiar with the situation said that the company that owned the Falcon 10 aircraft did not have permission to conduct medical flights.