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.
It's been nearly three decades since a collision involving a Trans World Airways commercial plane and a smaller Cessna charter plane as both attempted to takeoff from St. Louis.
A charter plane with 276 Indian passengers, grounded in France for four days due to suspected human smuggling, returned to Mumbai on Tuesday. The incident underlines the risks of illegal migration, also highlighted in the film
The flight, operated by Legend Airlines and bound for Nicaragua, had landed with 303 Indians at Vatry on Thursday when French police grounded it. | Latest News India