Moscow - The Russian Transport Prosecutor's Office will give a legal assessment of the work of air traffic controllers and the emergency vehicle service of Moscow's Vnukovo airport, the Prosecutor General's Office said on its website on Oct. 21.
“During the ongoing inquiry, a legal assessment will be given of the work of the emergency vehicle service and air traffic controllers at the Vnukovo airport,” it said.
The French business aviation operator Unijet’s Paris-bound Falcon-300 plane, carrying oil company Total CEO Christophe de Margerie, crashed at Vnukovo Airport at 11:57 p.m. on Oct. 20, 2014, it said.
“Acting on orders issued by the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office, the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office that oversee compliance with air and water transport laws is conducting an inquiry into this air crash at Vnukovo International Airport,” it said.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, de Margerie’s airplane collided with a snow-clearing machine during takeoff from the airport. The plane then caught fire and crashed onto the runway, killing its three crew members and the passenger.
The fire was extinguished by the airport’s emergency rescue services.
A criminal case has been opened on a count of “violations of aircraft operating requirements resulting in the death of two or more persons.”
