Russian aviation authorities said on Sunday a Russian-registered plane with six people thought to be on board disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan the previous night, Reuters reported.
Russian aviation authorities said in a statement the plane was a charter ambulance flight traveling from India, via Uzbekistan to Moscow on a French-made Dassault Aviation (AM.PA), opens new tab Falcon 10 jet manufactured in 1978.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation in a statement said that the crash happened possibly due to technical issues around 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
It said that the route of the flight had not been planned via Afghanistan. The ministry said that its technical team has launched an investigation into the incident.