Vnukovo: Pilot of crashed plane had 28 years of experience

Oleg Pusko, spokesman for the Russian airport Vnukovo, has updated the European Radio for Belarus about the crew of the BAE-125-800 airplane that crashed near Minsk.
Oleg Pusko: "The aicraft took off at 2106 Moscow time. At 2235 Moscow time we received information that the plane disappeared from radars in Belarus.
The captain had 28 years of flying experience. The crew was very well prepared. The crashed plane is Hawker 800 for business aviation. I am not an expert on this type but I know they are operated very actively."

According to Pusko, the crew completed all the necessary pre-flight procedures.



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