Christophe de Margerie | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:06:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Total CEO Killed in Moscow Plane Crash https://airflightdisaster.com/total-ceo-killed-in-moscow-plane-crash/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:06:36 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=29325 A business plane collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on the night of October 20. Christophe de Margerie, the Chief Executive Officer of French oil company Total S.A., was aboard the aircraft at the time. The company confirmed that he was killed in the accident. Three French crew...

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]]> A business plane collided with a snow removal machine at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on the night of October 20.

Christophe de Margerie, the Chief Executive Officer of French oil company Total S.A., was aboard the aircraft at the time. The company confirmed that he was killed in the accident.

Three French crew members were also killed in the crash.

Authorities said that the French-made Dassault Falcon 50 corporate plane was taking off for France when it collided with the snow removal machine. The driver of the machine remained uninjured.

Moscow transport investigators said that they had launched a criminal investigation and that French authorities would also be invited to participate.

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