A small plane that crashed in Afghanistan carrying six folks was not an Indian provider and the aircraft was refuelled at Gaya airport in Bihar en path to its journey to Moscow from Thailand, the federal government mentioned on Sunday.
After reviews surfaced that an Indian aircraft was concerned within the crash, the civil aviation ministry mentioned the plane was registered in Morocco. It additionally mentioned the plane, an air ambulance, didn’t belong to any Indian provider.
“The unfortunate plane crash that has just occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian scheduled aircraft nor a non-scheduled (NSOP)/charter aircraft. It is a Moroccan-registered small aircraft. More details are awaited,” the ministry mentioned in a submit on X.
“The aircraft was an air ambulance and had been flying from Thailand to Moscow and did refuelling at Gaya airport,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
A supply mentioned the aircraft had began from Utapao airport in Thailand, information company PTI reported.
ABOUT THE CRASH
Russian aviation authorities on Sunday mentioned a constitution aircraft with six folks onboard disappeared from radar screens whereas it was flying over a distant, mountainous space in Afghanistan’s far north Badakhshan province on Saturday. This got here after Afghan police mentioned it acquired reviews of a aircraft crash within the area.
Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia mentioned the plane was a constitution ambulance flight travelling from Thailand’s Utapao airport in Pattaya to Moscow by way of India and Uzbekistan.
The pilot of the doomed aircraft mentioned gas was operating low and he would attempt to land at an airport in Tajikistan, Russian information outlet SHOT reported, citing an unnamed supply, Reuters reported.
Later, the pilot reported that one engine had stopped and the second additionally malfunctioned, in line with SHOT.
In accordance with Russia’s state-run TASS information company, the aircraft was conducting a personal medical evacuation from Thailand’s Pattaya to Moscow, the Russian embassy in Bangkok mentioned.
“On board was a bedridden patient in serious condition, a Russian citizen, who was transported from one of the hospitals in Pattaya to Russia,” the RIA information company reported, citing a supply at Thailand’s Utapao airport, from the place the plane took off.
“She was accompanied by her husband, a private entrepreneur, also a Russian citizen, who paid for the flight,” the RIA mentioned.
Russia mentioned its Investigative Committee opened a felony case to seek out out whether or not security guidelines had been flouted, Reuters reported.
In an announcement, the Taliban-run Afghan aviation ministry mentioned the Russian aircraft was not deliberate to fly over Afghanistan and it diverted from its unique route “probably due to technical issues”.
A ministry technical group was investigating the matter, the assertion mentioned.
(with inputs from businesses)