RIA Novosti reports that the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed in the Kolomenskoye district of the Moscow region.
According to preliminary data, there were no passengers on board the liner — only a crew of three people. The crash site has not yet been found.
As stated in the operational services, the crash occurred during a test flight after a scheduled repair of the aircraft.
The circumstances of the incident are being clarified.
Updating information:
The emergency services said that the crashed in The plane crashed in the woods near Moscow and exploded, the crew, according to preliminary data, was killed.
According to updated information, the collapsed Gazpromavia superjet took off from Lukhovitsy, where the P. A. Voronin Aviation Plant is located, to Vnukovo. The crash site is near the village of Apraksino, 20 km from the take—off point.