Afghanistan crash: A rescue team has reached a private jet that crashed in northern Afghanistan and is treating survivors at the site, according to Russias Federal Agency for Air Transport.According to preliminary information, four of the six people aboard the Dassault Falcon 10 aircraft are injured but alive, the Russian authority said, citing the Russian embassy in Afghanistan.However, two Taliban officials in the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan confirmed on Sunday that two passengers were killed in a plane crash involving a charter aircraft in the province but they said four others had survived.Khan Mohammad, head of the provincial governors office, said the four surviving passengers were now with Taliban administration representatives. Zabihullah Amiri, Badakhshans provincial spokesman, confirmed the death toll and that four had survived. Earlier, Afghan officials had said they were sending a team to the remote, mountainous area where police had received reports of a crash. Russian aviation authorities said that a Russian-registered plane with six people on board had disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan.When did plane crash in AfghanistanThe accident occurred in Badakhshan province at about 7 PM local time on Saturday, the Afghan aviation ministry said in a statement. The Moroccan-registered plane was an air ambulance that was flying from Thailand to Moscow and refueled at Gaya airport, according to Indias civil aviation ministry.Which plane crashed in Afghanistan todayThe aircraft is co-owned by an unidentified individual and Atletik Grup LLC registered in the Moscow region, the Russian authority said, adding the flight departed from Gaya, India, and was headed for the Zhukovsky airport near Moscow.Civil Aviation Ministry of India clarifiesEarlier in the morning, reports surfaced that an Indian plane was involved in the crash. The Civil Aviation Ministry of India clarified that the aircraft did not belong to any Indian carrier.Russian Aviation Authorities say a Russian-registered plane with six people thought to be on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan on Saturday evening. The plane was a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet. The plane was a charter flight travelling from India via…— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2024The unfortunate plane crash that has just occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian scheduled aircraft nor a non-scheduled (NSOP)/charter aircraft. It is a Moroccan-registered small aircraft. More details are awaited, the ministry said in a post on X.
