Two passengers on a private plane that crashed in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province on Saturday are missing. They were presumed dead this Monday. Russian emergency services said the news a day after the other four people on board were confirmed to have survived.

“According to preliminary information from the scene, “Both passengers, a married couple, died,” This was reported by sources in the emergency services, quoted by the Russian news agency TASS.

They explained that the woman was going connected to a respirator during flight, while her husband accompanied her. Two doctors monitored the patient’s condition. Both doctors and pilots survived the crash.

Taliban spokesman and Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of Afghanistan Zabihullah Mujahid announced this on his social network account on Monday. The rescued were transported to Kabul. “Their health is good, they have received assistance,” he said.

The damaged aircraft is a Falcon 10 owned by the company. Athletic Group LLC and a private individual transporting six people who, after leaving Thailand, traveled through Gaya (India) first to Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and then to Zhukovsky (Russia).

The consular department of the Russian Embassy in Thailand noted that the plane “Medical evacuation” of a Russian from Pattaya. The incident took place in the Topyana mountains, between the municipalities of Kuran Munjan and Zibak.

Yesterday, rescue teams in Afghanistan reported that Four of the six passengers were found alive. who were traveling on an airplane.

“Four passengers, including the pilot, were rescued alive.”Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said this in a message to X.

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Authorities discovered the damaged plane in Kuf Ab District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.very close to the border with neighboring Tajikistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Aviation and Transport said in a statement.

A source in the Ministry of Emergency Situations told the official Russian news agency TASS that the cause of the accident was, in principle, an accident. failure of both engines.

(according to information from Europe Press And EFE)