INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
If you have been following Russian politics, the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash may not come as an unexpected
Many analysts have been speculating about the fate of Prigozhin from the day he led an armed rebellion against Russian forces.It's no wonder
said about the Wagner chief's death
unusual about the plane which was carrying the Wagner chief? An Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet, suspected to have transported Yevgeny
Prigozhin, displayed no apparent issues until a sudden and steep descent within its last 30 seconds of flight, Reuters reported, quoting
data from flight-tracking.Rosaviatsia, the aviation agency of Russia, revealed that Prigozhin, who had orchestrated a failed mutiny in June,
was among the ten individuals onboard the crashed aircraft
The plane was en route from Moscow to St
Petersburg when it crashed close to Kuzhenkino village in Russia's Tver Region, as stated by the country's Ministry of Emergency
Situations.Around 3:19pm GMT, the aircraft underwent an abrupt vertical descent, as described by Ian Petchenik from Flightradar24
Within half a minute, the plane plummeted over 8,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 28,000 feet.Petchenik noted, "Whatever transpired,
it unfolded swiftly." He further speculated, "They might have been struggling to control the aircraft following the incident." However,
prior to the sudden descent, there were "no indications of any issues with the aircraft."Video footage depicted the plane rapidly descending
with its nose nearly pointed straight downward, accompanied by a trail of smoke or vapor behind it.Russian authorities initiated a criminal
investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident
Some undisclosed sources within Russian media suggested that the plane could have been targeted by one or more surface-to-air missiles
However, Reuters could not verify this claim.US President Joe Biden reacts to reports of Wagner Leader Prigozhin's death, says 'Not
Surprised'Embraer SA, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, clarified that it had not provided any services or support to the plane in recent
The luxury jet, capable of seating around 13 passengers, was associated with the registration number RA-02795, which matched the plane that
transported Prigozhin to Belarus after the failed mutiny, according to an industry insider.The last recorded position of the aircraft on
online flight tracker Flightradar24 was at 3:11pm GMT, just before the crash occurred
It's likely that signal interference in the area hindered the continuous collection of location data.The remaining data covered a span of
Flightradar24 reported that the jet underwent a series of altitude changes, ascending and descending by a few thousand feet in 30-second
intervals before its final, catastrophic plunge
The last data from the jet was received by Flightradar24 at 3:20pm.(With inputs from agencies)WatchWagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
feared dead in Russia plane crash
