Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 crash, Aug 23, 2023 (10 killed)
Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 accident on August 23, 2023 near Kuzhenkino, Tver oblast, Russia with 10 fatalities. Cause: No final official cause....
- Date: August 23, 2023
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600
- Location: Kuzhenkino, Tver oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: No final official cause. Russia opened a criminal case and declined a Brazilian offer to assist. Putin suggested grenade fragments were found in the bodies, US intelligence said a deliberate explosion caused it, and the Pentagon saw no sign of a missile strike.
An Embraer Legacy 600 owned by a Wagner linked company flew from Moscow Sheremetyevo toward Saint Petersburg and fell in an uncontrolled descent from flight level 280 near Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast. All ten aboard died, including Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin. Russia gave no final cause, while US intelligence said an intentional explosion caused the crash.