In light of the Il-76 plane crash in Russia, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has reported that the prisoner exchange scheduled for 24 January did not take place. It has no information on whether there were Ukrainian prisoners on board the aircraft.
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners headed for a prisoner exchange, killing everyone on board. In 2022, Russia and Ukraine accused each other of carrying out deadly bombardments on a jail holding dozens of captured Ukrainian servicemen in Kremlin-controlled Olenivka, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.
The Y8 transport aircraft, with tail number 5821, skidded off the runway but all crew and passengers survived the accident. The aircraft - believed to have been delivered in 2016-17 - has a poor safety record. Tuesday s crash seems to have resulted in a total loss of the aircraft, with almost no possibility of recovery, said people aware of the matter.
The leading Indian carrier, IndiGo has extended its service agreement with CAE for its Cadet Pilot Programme and also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CAE Simulation Training Private Limited to provide Flight Crew Training for its fleet of ATR aircraft.