The aircraft was ordered to return to the capital but went off radar and there was no contact with it. Chilima was seen as a potential candidate in next year’s presidential polls.
The plane, a charter ambulance flight travelling from Thailand’s Utapao Airport to Moscow via India and Uzbekistan, was carrying out a private medical evacuation from Thailand.
Vladimir Putin promised a full investigation, but its outcome is unlikely to shake a widespread belief that Prigozhin was killed as an act of vengeance for staging a mutiny late June.
The plane crashed on Wednesday near Russia’s Kuzhenkino on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg and killed all 10 people on board – seven passengers and three crew members.
The siblings, who belong to an indigenous community, were rescued near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, close to where the small plane had crashed.
Roma Gupta, 63, died on the spot while daughter Reeva, 33, and the 23-year-old flight instructor, were pulled out of the smouldering plane by a civilian.
The Sunday crash, which claimed lives of at least 68 of 72 passengers onboard, has brought the Nepalese aviation sector's safety issues back into focus.
Difficult terrain & inclement weather was hampering rescue efforts near Pokhara, where the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 turboprop carrying 72 people crashed on Sunday just before landing.
The push is reigniting a standoff between pilots who guard their privacy, and crash specialists that are under pressure to solve mystery accidents & prevent them from happening again.
The disastrous paper leak aside, the June 2024 NET brought in countless complaints from students regarding the quality of exam centres allotted. And the format shifted from computer based to the manual OMR.
According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.
Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
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