Russian millionaire and spouse feared lifeless in aircraft crash in Afghan mountains

A Russian millionaire and his spouse are feared to have been killed in a aircraft crash in Afghanistan, after the plane they had been on careered right into a mountain.

Anatoly Evsyukov and Anna Evsyukova had been each the flight and are but to be accounted for. The aircraft’s pilot and crew survived the horrific incident.

Anna had fallen sick whereas on vacation in Thailand and was being flown residence on a chartered flight for therapy.

After the plane disappeared from flight radar, Taliban officers mentioned two individuals had been killed. Although the 2 lifeless haven’t been indentified, it’s feared that its Anatoly and Anna that succumbed.

Anna fell critically sick while in Thailand and required ventilator therapy. The millionaire chartered a flight for his spouse from Pattaya within the east Asian nation to Moscow.

The craft is reported to have left Thailand on Sunday and refuelled in India.

The pilots reported points with the gasoline ranges and engine at round 7.30pm native time, earlier than the aircraft disappeared from the flight radar.

A press release from the Taliban’s Transportation and Civil Aviation Ministry mentioned: “The pilot was found by the search team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. According to the pilot, four people including the pilot are alive.

“The search and help of the Islamic Emirate investigation workforce for the remaining survivors is ongoing.” However, there has been no independent confirmation of the Taliban’s statement.

According to Russian officials the plane belongs to Athletic Group as well as a private individual. It was said to have been constructed in 1978.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Anatoly had been the Technical Director of a firm called DGC, based in the Russian capital.

Ukrainian-American journalist Igor Sushko took to X to claim that the crash took place after “each engines failed” on the aircraft and that the 4 surviving individuals onboard had been Dmitry Belyakov, Arkady Grachev, Igor Syvorotkin, Pavel Popov. His reviews are up to now unconfirmed.