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Investigators drop charges against suspect in Total CEO plane crash case

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Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: Russian Federation Aircraft: Airplanes
Source: Ruaviation

The Investigative Committee of Russia dropped charges against one of the suspects in the Total CEO plane crash case, traffic control trainee Svetlana Krivsun, her lawyer told RAPSI on Thursday.

Investigators have not commented this information yet.

Christophe de Margerie died in a plane crash at Moscow’s  Vnukovo Airport on October 21, 2014 when his plane’s wing hit a snow plow. Among the victims were three crew members, all French citizens.

Lead airfield service engineer Vladimir Ledenev, snow plow driver Vladimir Martynenko, air traffic controller Alexander Kruglov, airport flight manager Roman Dunayev, and  dispatcher Natalya Arkhipova stand charged  in the case.

Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on August 28 that investigation into the crash had been finished.

Ledenev reportedly pleaded guilty to criminal charges.





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