KABUL: Four people, including pilot of a small charter jet, survived when it crashed in the mountains of the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.
According to Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia, the plane with six people, including a woman patient, on board was flying to Moscow from Thailand via India and Uzbekistan when it lost contact with the air control system on Saturday night.
The plane was found by local people crashed in the mountains of Topkhana alongside the districts of Kuran-Munjan and Zibak of Badakhshan province, reports Afghanistan\’s TOLO News.
Zabihullah Amiri, head of the provincial information department, confirmed to AFP that the plane had crashed but the location was not known hours of the incident.
“We have sent teams but they have not arrived at the site yet,” he said without giving further details.
“We were informed by local people in the morning about the crash,” he added. Later, it transpired that four of the people have survived the crash
The mighty Hindu Kush mountain range cuts through the province, which is home to Afghanistan’s highest mountain, Mount Noshaq at 7,492 metres (24,580 feet) high.