Flightradar24 the website specialized in tracking all flights worldwide revealed the last moments of the plane that carried the leader of the Wagner Group before it crashed on Wednesday.
Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on crashed plane-Image Source: Yahoo News UK
A private passenger plane crashed on Wednesday during a domestic flight, resulting in the death of all 10 people on board. It was clarified that Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on board as his name was listed in the passenger list.
Here are the last moments of the plane according to the flight monitoring website:
- The website received data from the aircraft for the first time at 2:46 PM local time.
- The plane climbed to an altitude of 8,500 meters between 2:59 PM and 3:11 PM.
- After 9 minutes, the plane stopped transmitting data, indicating the moment of impact.
- Although the plane was not transmitting location information, other data such as altitude, speed, vertical rate, and autopilot settings were still being broadcasted.
- These data provide some information about the final moments of the flight.
- At 3:19 PM, the plane briefly descended before reaching its maximum altitude of 9,000 meters.
- It then descended again to approximately 8,300 meters before slightly increasing again.
- Afterward, the descent became steep, as the final data showed the plane at an altitude of 6,000 meters before it stopped recording any location data.
