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Oil company Total CEO died in airplane accident last night in Moscow

Moscow, Russia - He was flying on a private jet which collided with a snow removal machine on the runway

Tragic airplane accident last night at Moscow "Vnukovo" airport. At midnight local time (9:00pm GMT) a private jet Dassault Falcon 50 taxiing on the runway collided with a snow removal machine. All the people on board died. Among them there was Christophe de Margerie, CEO of the French oil company Total. The machine’s driver survived. The accident dynamics are still unclear. The meteorology visibility a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1163424
Rome, Italy, 10/21/2014 09:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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