MOSCOW -- The passenger plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Saturday night was registered in Russia and was heading for Russia's Zhukovsky airport, said Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) on Sunday. The plane was en route from India to Uzbekistan, with Russia's Zhukovsky airport in Moscow as its destination. The Russian aviation watchdog said the search for the plane is underway, and it is in contact with the aviation authorities of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Plane crashes in Afghanistan, rescue underway in mountainsKABUL -- A passenger plane heading toward Russia has crashed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Afghan television channel TOLOnews quoted an official as saying on Sunday. The plane crashed in the mountainous Topkhana area of Kuran-wa-Munjan district on Saturday evening, "obviously due to a technical problem," said Badakhshan's provincial director for information and culture Zabihullah Amiri.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 21, 2024 06:53 UTC