An-2 crashed in the Yaroslavl region, the pilot died

In the Yaroslavl region, the An-2 aircraft crashed, the pilot died, it is the owner of the aircraft, the head of the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies in the Yaroslavl Region Mikhail Zverev told Interfax .

Information about the fall of the An-2 aircraft at the village of Staroselia in the Rybinsk district of the Yaroslavl region entered at 14:40 Moscow time. Saturday. Firefighters, a search and rescue unit of Rybinsk, an ambulance team, immediately left for the place.

According to the Ministry of Emergencies, the plane flew up from the airfield belonging to the Rybinsk DOSAAF, and fell into the forest. "After the crash, a fire occurred, which was liquidated by the Ministry of Emergencies," Zverev said.

In addition to the pilot, there are no other dead and victims as a result of the crash of the An-2.

As the head of the information and public relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Yaroslavl Region, Alexander Shikhanov, told the agency, a fallen plane belonged to the 65-year-old resident of Rybinsk and was based at the former agricultural airfield, from where he took off.