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Russian flight carrying 6 disappears over Afghanistan; crash reported

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In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia on Aug 23, 2023. AP-Yonhap

In this image taken from video, smoke rises from the crash of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region of Russia on Aug 23, 2023. AP-Yonhap

A Russian-registered charter plane with six people on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan a day earlier, Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday, after Afghan police said they had received reports of a crash.

The plane was a charter ambulance flight travelling from Thailand's Utapao Airport in Pattaya to Moscow via India and Uzbekistan on a French-made Dassault Aviation Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978, Russian aviation authorities said in a statement.

About 25 minutes before the plane vanished from radar screens, the pilot warned that fuel was running low and that the plane would try to land at an airport in Tajikistan, Russian news outlet SHOT reported, citing an unnamed source. (Reuters)