Taliban officials confirmed that a plane, en route from Pattaya, Thailand, to Russia, crashed in Afghanistan yesterday, January 21, resulting in the loss of two lives, while four passengers managed to survive.
The chartered Dassault Aviation AM.PA Falcon 10 aircraft took off from the U-Tapao International Airport in Pattaya on January 20 with six passengers bound for Moscow, Russia.
The aircraft, owned by the Russian company Athletic Group and a private individual, was a charter air ambulance flight en route to Gaya in India, Tashkent in Uzbekistan and Zhukovsky in Russia.
Local media reported that all passengers and the pilot were Russian nationals. One of the passengers was a female bedridden patient in critical condition.
The patient was being transferred from a hospital in Pattaya for further treatment in Moscow. Her husband also accompanied her on…
