Chairman and CEO of the French company Total, Christophe de Margerie, died just after 23:57 local time, on October 20 in a private plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, following a collision with a snowplough. Three crew members that were in the plane did not survive either.
Among
the priority versions of the incident, investigation is considering
actions of the snowplough driver, who was confirmed to be intoxicated
with unknown substances during the incident; and error of the
controllers. In addition, unfavorable weather conditions and pilot error
are also considered. The airport said that visibility was at 350 metres
at the time of the accident
Currently
investigative team made inspection of the scene with the participation
of representatives of the IAC, withdrawn technical papers on aircraft
and fuel samples from the tanker, interrogated as witnesses employees
Vnukovo airport. Organized set of necessary investigative actions aimed
at establishing the circumstances and causes of the crash.
De
Margerie was on a list of attendees at a Russian government meeting on
foreign investment in Gorki, near Moscow, on Monday. Hours before his
death he had met the Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, at his
country residence outside Moscow to discuss foreign investment in
Russia, the Vedomosti business daily reported.
Given
the large public outcry, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of
Russia Alexander Bastrykin will hold a meeting with the operative
investigative team and representatives of all services involved in the
investigation of Incidents.
The
French oil giant was one of the top foreign investors in Russia and has
been hit by the worsening relations between Moscow and the West.
Source and image: Total, Vnukovo, Russia's Investigative Committee
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