Investigators of the Eastern Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) opened a criminal case into the crash of the An-2 plane, the department said on Friday, February 11.
“According to preliminary information, on February 11, 2022, at about 12:30 local time (03:30 Moscow time), an An-2 plane crashed near the village of Koryaki, Yelizovsky district, Kamchatka Territory, which was flying to the village of Tymlat, Karaginsky district. According to preliminary data, there were two crew members on board the aircraft, there were no passengers.
The investigation team went to the scene to clarify the number of dead and injured. A criminal case was initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – “Violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of railway, air, sea and inland water transport and the subway, which negligently entailed the death of two or more persons.”
The message about the fall of a light aircraft was received by the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations on Friday, February 11, at about 12:30 local time (03:30 Moscow time). 43 people and nine pieces of equipment were sent to the scene.
Later it became known that there were two people on board the aircraft. They died. The Governor of the Kamchatka Territory, Vladimir Solodov, specified that the plane crashed during takeoff from an unequipped runway near the village of Severnye Koryaki (Yelizovsky District). It was private and operated a technical flight.
Source: IZ
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