It had three people
on board. According to preliminary information, they died.
MOSCOW, April 18.
/TASS/. A light aircraft crashed during a training flight near the village of
Lesnoye in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk region, killing three people on
board, an emergency source told TASS on Saturday.
"An L-4 light
aircraft crashed while performing a training flight. It had three people on
board. According to preliminary information, they died," the source said.
At present, emergency
services are working at the scene. The cause of the accident is being
established.
The information was
confirmed to TASS by the region’s deputy government chair in charge of the fuel
and energy sector and utilities, Anatoly Litvinchuk. He said the plane fell
about 60 km away from the Kalinka airfield.
According to the
Khabarovsk region administration, the aircraft caught fire when it crashed, but
it was put out promptly. A spokesperson for the regional authorities said the
L-4 plane had been performing a commercial flight at the time of the accident.
Source: ITAR-TASS
18-04-2020
