Four plane crash survivors in good health: Afghan Taliban

The four survivors of the plane that crashed in northern Afghanistan are in good condition, the Taliban administration said on Monday. The plane was going to Moscow.

The statement also said that the bodies of the two passengers who died in the accident are being transported to Kabul from the distant accident site.

Russian aviation officials said on Sunday that the plane, with six people on board, disappeared from radar screens while passing through Afghanistan on Saturday night. Afghan police say they received reports of a plane crash in Badakhshan province.

Taliban administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that four people on board the plane that crashed in Badakhshan have been transferred to Kabul. Medical and rescue teams from Ministry of Aviation and Ministry of Defense provided first aid to him.

In video footage released by Zabihullah Mujahid’s office, four people, some with bruises on their faces and one with blood stains on their clothes, can be seen disembarking from the helicopter along with Taliban personnel in warm jackets. have been

The video showed an unidentified Taliban official saying that the survivors were fine.

He said, ‘Alhamdulillah, last night we found that place (the place of the accident). A total of six people were on board the plane, four of them are alive and two died.’

He further said that the dead bodies are being brought to Kabul after being transferred to the northern provincial city of Faizabad.

Russia’s official news agency Tass quoted the Russian Embassy in Bangkok as saying that the plane that crashed was on its way to Moscow from Pattaya, Thailand.

About 25 minutes before the plane disappeared from the radar screen, the Russian news agency “Shoot” reported that the pilot warned that the fuel was low and attempted to land the plane at an airport in Tajikistan. will be done

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