Reuters reports good safety record of Prigozhin’s crashed jet

The Embraer Legacy 600 business jet, which crashed yesterday, August 23, in the Tver region, the passenger list of which included the founder of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, had good safety records, writes Reuters. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), to which the agency refers, for more than 20 years of operation of this aircraft model, only one accident has been registered with its participation.

According to Flightradar24, the Legacy 600 that Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board on August 23 was released in 2007. The Brazilian company Embraer, according to Reuters, does not have information about the crash, as it has not serviced the aircraft since 2019 due to sanctions.

The first flight of the Legacy 600 business jet was made in 2002, since then almost 300 of these aircraft have been produced. According to ICAO, production was stopped in 2020. The only accident involving the Legacy 600 occurred in 2006, when it crashed into a Gol Boeing 737-800 in the sky over the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The crash killed all 154 people aboard the Boeing. At the same time, Embraer was able to land at the Cachimbo military airfield, five passengers and two pilots of the aircraft were not injured. According to Reuters, no technical malfunction of the business jet was recorded. Pilot or air traffic controller errors were considered among the causes of the accident.

According to Rosaviatsia, on board the Legacy 600 that crashed yesterday, August 23, there were ten people, including seven passengers, including Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner PMC commander Dmitry Utkin, and three crew members. Ministry of Emergency Situations reportedthat all on board were killed. A criminal case is being investigated on the fact of the crash on violation of the rules for operating the aircraft (Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

More details – in the material “Kommersant” “Wagner” suffered a non-combat defeat”.

Lusine Balasyan