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Russia's Safety Board Not Investigating Legacy 600 Crash

Main federal agency looking into accident as criminal case

Legacy 600 crash in Russia — Accident scene of the Embraer Legacy 600 crash in Russia's Tver region. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and nine others died in the August 23, 2023 crash. (Photo: Investigative Committee of Russia)

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

August 31, 2023

Russian independent aviation accident investigative body Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) announced yesterday that it is not currently investigating the August 23 Embraer Legacy 600 crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his associates. The IAC, which normally investigates all aircraft accidents in Russia following ICAO procedures, is also “not commenting on the circumstances of the incident.”

Instead, the main investigation federal authority, Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR), is probing the accident as a criminal case. This, however, deviates from precedent—the IAC has been involved in investigating two previous aircraft accidents that the ICR’s predecessor agency had also been looking into as criminal cases. It is unknown how thorough of an investigation ICR is capable of conducting, especially given Russian media video showing aircraft wreckage being dragged away by tractors the day after the accident.

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