Almost £1,000,000 'stolen by Taliban rescuers' from plane crash that killed millionaire | 9CBI6U2 | 2024-01-26 11:08:02
Virtually £1,000,000 in cash was allegedly stolen by Taliban rescuers after a Russian air ambulance crash landed in the mountains of Afghanistan, it is reported.
The aircraft – a Falcon 10 air ambulance – was taking a significantly unwell lady Anna Evsyukova, 59, from Thailand to Moscow when it crashed.
Anna and her millionaire husband Anatoly Evsyukov, 65, have been both killed within the crash – however the two pilots miraculously survived alongside two medics on the stricken aircraft.
Now extraordinary allegations have emerged that a large sum of money – round £945,000 – went missing from the plane.
The loss was reported by Hasht-e Subh day by day in Afghanistan, who stated: 'Reliable sources have informed the newspaper that following the theft of this sum of cash, the Badakhshan province governor of the Taliban, Mohammad Ayub Khalid, appointed a fee to determine all details and investigate this incident on orders from this group's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund.'
The chief of the Taliban intelligence directorate for Badakhshan province heads this fee.
The group that first reached the aircraft have been linked to the Taliban's Armed Forces Chief of Employees Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat.
One of many Russian medics Igor Syvorotkin, 26, had trekked to the closest Afghan village, named Pedu, in fierce cold and used sign language to summon assist.
It's unclear who the alleged cash belonged to or why such a big sum was being carried on the aircraft – however to date, neither Afghan nor Russian officials have commented on the 'lacking cash'.
Businessman Evsyukov and his wife had been in Thailand for a daily winter trip however she turned critically sick quickly after arriving in December.
Evsyukov was earlier adorned by Vladimir Putin's regional governor for 'valiant' work building the financial system in Rostov area.
The couple's son Vitali Evsyukov, 41, was not permitted on the small government air ambulance as just one accompanying passenger was allowed.
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He flew on a scheduled flight to Moscow, studying of the horrific crash after he landed.
The 4 surviving Russians remain in Afghanistan undergoing medical remedy.
Nevertheless, there are studies that pilot survivor Arkady Grachev and his ex-wife Ekaterina Agapova – who remain in enterprise together providing medical evacuations – might face legal fees in Russia over the crash.
There have been claims that the 46-year-old Falcon 10 government jet didn't have a license to hold passengers by way of her company ATLETIK-GRUPP LLC, and questions over its condition.
There are additionally options it crashed because it ran out of gasoline.
The aircraft had flown from U-Tapao airport, close to Pattaya, and made a refuelling stop in India.
It crashed whereas en route to Tashkent for an additional refuelling stop earlier than heading to Moscow.
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