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The rescue teams Afghanistan Four of the six occupants of a Russian plane that crashed in a mountainous region in northeastern Afghanistan were found alive, Afghan authorities reported this Sunday.
“Four occupants, including the pilot, were rescued alive.“, reported the main Taliban spokesman in a message on X, Zabiullah Mujahid.
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The relief authoritiescontinues its efforts to find and help”To the remaining two passengers, the spokesperson added, whose status is currently unknown.
Authorities found the damaged aircraft in the district of Koof Abin the Afghan province of Badakhshanvery close to the border with the neighbor TajikistanThe Afghan Ministry of Aviation and Transport said in a statement.
The device, a reactor Dassault Falcao 10Registered Russiathat flew from India for Uzbekistanclose to the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, disappeared from radar around seven o’clock yesterday afternoon (15:30 GMT Saturday), near the province of Badakhshan, the Taliban detailed in a statement.
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An Emergency source told the official Russian agency TASS that the cause of the accident was, in principle, a failure of its two engines.
The device was carrying out a medical flight between the Indian city of Gaya and Moscow and its flight plan included a stopover in TaskenkAs revealed by the Russian Federal Agency for Civil Aviation, Rosaviacia.
The area where the accident occurred is located in the Serra de Hindu Kusha point of great seismic activity.
Source: Elcomercio
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