The Russian plane sure to carrying six individuals was on a medical clinic departure from India to Uzbekistan and Russia.
Kabul: A Russian plane believed to be
carrying six individuals has crashed in mountainous northeastern Afghanistan,
the air transport office Rosaviatsia reported Sunday.
The Falcon
10 "vanished from the radar" and communication was lost on Saturday night,
the federal agency said.
"As per
starter data, six individuals were on board the airplane: four crew and two
travelers."
The two-engined
business jet built by France's Dassault in 1978 and possessed by an
organization called Athletic Group and a private individual, was on a medical
clinic departure from India to Uzbekistan and Russia.
That's what
the agency added "the hunt to find the airplane is proceeding".
The Ria
Novosti news agency said two travelers were Russians, one who was truly sick,
and the other her better half who had paid for the flight.
A common
government official in Afghanistan told AFP the airplane descended in Badakhshan
territory, which borders China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
"The
plane has crashed yet the area isn't known at this point. We have sent groups
yet they have not shown up yet," said Zabihullah Amiri, top of the common
data division.
"We
were informed by nearby individuals in the first part of the day."
The region
of the accident is eight hours by street from the common capital Faizabad, said
Amiri.
Russian
investigators declared the kickoff of a test into the reason for the accident.
The mighty
Hindu Kush mountain range cuts through the area, which is home to Afghanistan's
most elevated top, Mount Noshaq at 7,492 meters (24,580 feet) tall.