transport aircraft An-12, flying from the city of Pointe-Noire in the Congo in the south of the capital, Brazzaville, crashed on Wednesday morning while landing on the outskirts of the city. Killing seven people on board, five of them – the Russians, Reuters reported, citing the Ministry of Transport of the country.
However Consul in Brazzaville, Evgeny Sokolov denied the information stating that, according to preliminary data , killed four crew members – citizens of Ukraine. Russians are also on board was not.
There were still one or two people who accompanied the cargo. This, apparently, the citizens of the Congo. I do not know where did you get information on the Russians. We are, at least, such data do not have, – said the diplomat RIA Novosti .
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First, it was reported that on board were three crew members, and it was unknown whether they are alive or dead, reports Interfax .
plane crashed in a cemetery Nganga Lingolo, located about 20 km south of the Congolese capital, said Minister of Transport of the Republic Emile Uosso agency AP.
According to the embassy, the collapse took place between 9 am and 10 am, said a source at the embassy of Russia in Congo RIA Novosti .
He also said crashed plane belonged to the local airline Aero Fret Business, but not Aeroflot Business Aeroflot Business, as previously reported by some media.
Previously press secretary Aeroflot Irina Dannenberg told Interfax that Aeroflot not irrelevant to the aircraft and the company collapsed Aeroflot Business, called the media.
We only have (daughter), Aeroflot-Nord and Aeroflot-Don, – she said, stressing that the aircraft depot Aeroflot No aircraft An-12. Fleet Truck daughters Aeroflot – Aeroflot-Cargo – consists of three aircraft MD-11F.
Meanwhile, it is not the first crash of the AN-12 in the Congo.
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