Plane makes hard landing in Krasnoyarsk Region: what we know

Emergencies May 25, 13:40

The aircraft commander and the co-pilot were on board, they were injured

KRASNOYARSK, May 25. /TASS/. An aircraft made a hard landing in the Boguchansky district of the Krasnoyarsk Region, the regional Emergencies Ministry said in a statement. Two people were injured.

TASS has compiled the key details of the incident.

Incident details

- An Aeroprakt-22 aircraft made a hard landing in the Krasnoyarsk Region, the regional office of the Emergencies Ministry reported.

- The incident occurred at 2:50 p.m. local time (7:50 a.m. GMT) in the Boguchansky district near the village of Osinovyi Mys.

- Two people were on board: the aircraft commander and the co-pilot.

- Employees of the regional forest firefighting center were aboard the aircraft conducting forest aviation operations, the Krasnoyarsk Region Forest Firefighting Center told TASS.

Casualties

- Two people were injured in the incident, the regional Emergencies Ministry department told TASS.

- The pilot is in critical condition, emergency services told the news agency.

- The co-pilot is in stable condition, the agency’s source added.

Investigation

- The Krasnoyarsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation.

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