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14th Jun 2012, 12:30
Russian police have been baffled by the sudden disappearance of a small plane in the Urals.
The plane, a small single-engine An-2 biplane, had taken off without permission from air traffic controllers last night. While the pilot and a security guard are believed to be board on-board, both the co-pilot and flight engineer arrived to find the airplane missing and three abandoned cars.
So far no crash sites have been found, and the crew on board are not responding to phone calls.
"One theory that the police are working with is that the group of people might have gone on a fishing trip,"
Valery Gorelykh, a spokesman for the regional police told Interfax. "Another version is that they went to a banya in a neighboring district."
Russian Authorities Believe A Missing Plane May Have Been Stolen For A Drunken Fishing Trip - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-authorities-believe-a-missing-plane-may-have-been-stolen-for-a-drunken-fishing-trip-2012-6#ixzz1xloC1FLU)
The plane, a small single-engine An-2 biplane, had taken off without permission from air traffic controllers last night. While the pilot and a security guard are believed to be board on-board, both the co-pilot and flight engineer arrived to find the airplane missing and three abandoned cars.
So far no crash sites have been found, and the crew on board are not responding to phone calls.
"One theory that the police are working with is that the group of people might have gone on a fishing trip,"
Valery Gorelykh, a spokesman for the regional police told Interfax. "Another version is that they went to a banya in a neighboring district."
Russian Authorities Believe A Missing Plane May Have Been Stolen For A Drunken Fishing Trip - Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-authorities-believe-a-missing-plane-may-have-been-stolen-for-a-drunken-fishing-trip-2012-6#ixzz1xloC1FLU)
