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The model of the Embraer private jet that crashed in Russia with Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenaries, on board has only one recorded accident in more than 20 years of service, and it was not related to mechanical failure.

Russian authorities said Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on the plane that crashed Wednesday night, killing all 10 people on board. The Russian news agency TASS reported that the plane was a Brazilian Embraer.

The company said it is aware of a plane crash in Russia involving a Legacy 600 aircraft, but has no further information on the case and has not provided maintenance services for that aircraft since 2019.

„Embraer has complied with the international sanctions imposed on Russia,“ the aircraft maker said. The sanctions prohibit Western aircraft manufacturers from providing parts or maintenance for aircraft operated in Russia.

The Legacy 600 entered service in 2002, according to International Aviation HQ, with almost 300 produced until production ceases in 2020.

There is only one recorded incident involving the Legacy 600 according to International Aviation HQ, which occurred in 2006. That time the machine collided mid-air with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 on its way from Embraer’s plant in Brazil to the United States.

Despite the damage to the smaller plane, the pilot landed it and no one was killed or injured. The commercial flight’s Boeing crashed, killing all 154 passengers.

Two years later, a Brazilian air force report blamed two American pilots, air traffic controllers and faulty communications for the mid-air collision. At the time, a lawyer for the pilots said specific air traffic controllers and deficiencies in Brazil’s air traffic control system caused the accident.

Материалът This is the first breakdown of the Embraer Legacy 600 model since it was created е публикуван за пръв път на Vihrogon.bg.

A business jet crashed in Russia a while ago.

The investigation into the Embraer crash in the Tver region began immediately.

This was reported by RIA Novosti, referring to the Federal Air Transport Agency.

All on board died – 10 people, 3 of them crew.

It is also reported that among the passengers is the name and surname of Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported 29.ru.

This was announced by the Federal Air Transport Agency

The Emergencies Ministry said the Embraer ERJ-135 was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

A number of Telegram channels write that the plane’s registration number – RA-02795 – was previously associated with PMC head Wagner.

It was with this Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft, number RA-02795, that Yevgeny Prigozhin landed near Minsk after the march to Moscow at the end of June.

There is now a huge fire at the crash site.

No one from the inner circle can contact Yevgeny Prigozhin, reports the Russian publication Fontanka.

One of the versions of the crash of the plane, among the passengers of which was Yevgeny Prigozhin, is a terrorist attack on board. Now the intelligence services are verifying the information, writes Mash.

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