Over Afghanistan, a Russian charter flight with 6 people vanished, resulting in a reported crash.
- On Sunday, Russian aviation authorities announced that a Russian-registered plane with six individuals believed to be on board vanished from radar screens over Afghanistan the previous night.
- Local Afghan police said they had received reports of a crash.
- According to a statement from Russian aviation authorities, the plane was a charter ambulance flight that originated in India, transited through Uzbekistan, and ultimately arrived in Moscow.
On Sunday, Russian aviation authorities announced that a Russian-registered plane with six people on board vanished from radar screens over Afghanistan the previous night, following reports of a crash by local Afghan police.
The French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet, manufactured in 1978, was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow, according to a statement from Russian aviation authorities.
On Sunday, a provincial police spokesperson reported that police in northern Afghanistan received reports of a plane crash in Badakhshan province.
The plane crash was not a scheduled commercial flight or an Indian chartered aircraft, according to India's civil aviation authority, who are still waiting for more details.
In a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan's far north, a crash occurred overnight, according to the Afghan provincial police spokesperson in a statement.
No specifics were given about the plane's type, reason for the crash, or number of casualties, as he stated.
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