A light plane crashed in Kolomna, killing two. There is a version that he was shot down by the military

A light-engine plane crashed in Kolomna, Moscow region, on the afternoon of March 20, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on its telegram channel. According to rescuers, the plane crashed near the Oka River. As a result of the fall, two people on board the plane were killed.

As telegram channel “112” reported , the plane was performing a scheduled flight from the Torbeevo-Start airfield in the city of Stupino. As Msk1 writes , the plane’s flight was not displayed on monitoring sites.

Aviation enthusiast Igor Volkov, who lives in France, wrote on Facebook that the plane was shot down by the military. Blogger Pavel Koshkin died in the disaster. “They shot down... Pavel always flew with all the formalities, a transponder, a flight plan. But no one has canceled the stupidity and stupidity of the military,” Volkov said.

The author of the Ukrainian telegram channel Supernova+ also stated that the plane was shot down by Russian air defense forces.

The fact that the plane was probably shot down is also indicated by photographs distributed by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. As Meduza’s analysis showed, in the image published on social networks ( 1 , 2 ), on the left side of the aircraft there are visible traces from rod-shaped striking elements, similar to those that are equipped with the warheads of missiles of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system.

Air defense forces were working in the Moscow area on the afternoon of March 20, repelling an attack by Ukrainian drones, as follows from statements by local authorities, writes Astra.

According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, an Alto NG aircraft with registration number RA-3401G crashed. This plane appeared in videos on the YouTube channel “Travel in the Sky,” which has more than three thousand subscribers. In the comments on the blogger’s Telegram channel , a message appeared that the deceased was planned to be buried in Cheboksary.

The investigation of the plane crash will be carried out by the Interstate Aviation Committee with the participation of the Central Directorate of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

• The Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly attack Moscow with drones. According to the Moscow authorities, on March 14-16, more than 200 drones were shot down on approach to Moscow, which has not happened during the entire time of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.