Several crew members survived, but the passengers of the ambulance business jet are feared dead
Four people from the Russian business jet that crashed in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan on Sunday morning were found alive, according to the Taliban authorities. However, a Russian businessman and his sick wife are feared dead, although rescuers have yet to locate their bodies.
“The plane reported missing in Badakhshan province has been located in the Aruz Koh area of Kuf Ab district. The pilot has been discovered by IEA search group according to reports, the pilot is among 4 other individuals who have survived the incident,” the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.
One of the survivors was identified as a paramedic aboard the flight, Igor Syvorotkin. According to media reports, he managed to reach the remote village of Pedu in the Kof Ab district on foot and asked locals for help using sign language. The residents then took the “foreign man” to the Talib authorities.
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Syvorotkin’s patient Anna Yevsyukova, whom the plane was chartered for due to a medical emergency, and her husband Anatoly Evsyukov are believed to have died in the crash.