Indian Passenger Plane Crashes in Afghanistan Mountains – Reports
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Falcon passenger plane went missing in Afghanistan near boders with Tajikistan. Earlier, Tolo News TV channel reported that the Indian passenger plane had crashed in the mountains and that an investigation team had been sent to the region.According to broadcaster, plane crashed on Sunday morning.The plane deviated from its original course, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported.”Preliminary: there were six (6) people on board the aircraft — four crew members and two passengers,” the agency said on Telegram.Lately Russian aviation watchdog said the plane was registered in Russia and was flying from India via Uzbekistan’s Tashkent to Zhukovsky airport in Moscow. The plane disappeared from radar screens on Saturday evening while in the airspace of Afghanistan near the border with Tajikistan. There were 6 people on board, including 4 crew members, preliminary data says. Russia is closely cooperating with the authorities of Afghanistan and Tajikistan in search for the missing plane.