Two People Dead In Light Plane Crash In Russia's Tatarstan - Investigators
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 09, 2021 | 08:00 PM
UFA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th May, 2021) A maintenance worker, who was supposed to repair a light-engine plane in Russia's Tatarstan region, hijacked the aircraft and crashed while landing, which resulted in his and the other passenger's deaths, local investigative authorities said on Sunday.
According to their statement, the culprit of the accident arrived at the airfield for repair works. He was tasked with pumping the vehicle's landing gear, so he drove down the runway on the plane.
"For some reason, he [maintenance worker] then made an unauthorized take-off, without permission, and after a few kilometers made a hard landing. There was a woman in the cockpit with him, her identity is being established," the authorities stated.
Earlier in the day, regional office of the emergencies ministry reported that two people died during a hard landing of a light-engine aircraft near Almetyevsk in Tatarstan.
Investigations into the causes of the incident are ongoing.
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