Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia, Rosaviatsiya, published the names of the passengers of the Embraer private jet that crashed on Wednesday near Moscow.

According to the airline, there are seven people on the Embraer-135 passenger list, including Evgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group and his right-hand man Dmitry Utkin, a former Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer, and three crew members – two pilots and a flight attendant.

According to the agency TASSDue to the scale of the accident, 10 passengers would have died.

However, it has not yet been confirmed that everyone on the list has boarded the flight; In addition, the authorities indicated that they found only 8 out of 10 bodies they believe they were on board.

What’s happened?

The Embraer-135 aircraft crashed near the town of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, north of Moscow, near the M-10 highway. A representative of the emergency service of the Bologoensky district, quoted by the Russian agency, said that there were no casualties on the ground as a result of the plane crash.

The plane was heading from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport to St. Petersburg. The Federal Air Transport Agency emphasized that the aircraft had all the permits in order and flew after receiving official permission to use the airspace in the prescribed manner.

The plane belonged to the MNT-Aero company, which specializes in providing private jet services.

The Russian Aviation Agency confirmed this. investigates the incident.

In a video published by the digital newspaper Gazeta.ru, the device can be seen suddenly falling to the ground in a field near some rural houses, followed by a massive explosion.

According to the RBC newspaper, the authorities are studying three versions of what happened: piloting failuretechnical problem or outside interference.

According to TASS and EFE.