Prigozhin’s flight attendant complained about ‘pressing repairs’ simply earlier than crash

A flight attendant on the aircraft that crashed killing Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had complained about ready for unexplained repairs to the doomed jet simply earlier than take-off.

The newest report follows claims that explosives had been loaded onto the aircraft hidden inside an “expensive wine” crate earlier than ten individuals died within the crash.

Tensions between Wagner boss Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin had been excessive after staging a short-lived coup simply two months in the past.

It led to hypothesis that the crash was an act of revenge from Putin, who referred to as the Wagner group “traitors”.

UK intelligence supply mentioned the tyrant had ordered his FSB secret service to assassinate his former good friend who had beforehand been known as “Putin’s chef”.

A photograph of Prigozhin’s flight attendant Kristina Raspopova posted on Facebook confirmed her ready on the airport cafe to board the jet.

Before boarding, the 39-year-old informed her household of an unexplained hold-up and steered the plane was being “repaired” earlier than the flight, based on VChK-OGPU Telegram channel.

One of Kristina’s family mentioned: “She said that she was in Moscow, she was going to fly out, today or tomorrow. The aircraft was under maintenance or some urgent repairs.

“They had been ready for the flight. Some type of upkeep, properly nothing particular.

Prigozhin’s jet was filmed spiralling to the bottom from 28,000ft in a fireball as smoke poured out.

The Institute for the Study of War mentioned their findings present Putin “almost certainly” ordered the Russian navy to convey down the jet.

Rumours on Russian social media declare a bomb-laden wine case was loaded onto the aircraft earlier than it took off. Investigators are probing the likelihood an explosive was put into the jet’s touchdown gear condo, stories Telegram channel Shot.

And detectives are understood to be suspecting Prigozhin’s private pilot Artem Stepanov, based on the channel.