One of Russia's richest women dead in crash of small plane

On Sunday crashed a sexsitsigt private jet of the model Epic-Lt on a sparrisfält south of Frankfurt. Three persons who were traveling in the plane lost their lives, of which two were passengers and one was a pilot.

One of the victims is Natalija Fileva, who is chairman of the board and a shareholder in the Russian airline S7 of Russia's richest women. S7 confirms that Natalija Fileva have perished in the crash, reports the AP.

”the Tragedy circumstances are not yet known,” writes the airline in a statement, and continues:

”Picture of Natalija Fileva as a committed leader and a wonderful person will always live on in our memories, this is an irreversible loss for the entire team.”

Forbes appreciate Natalija Filevas fortune to the equivalent of over sek 5.5 billion. Even her dad was on board the plane when it crashed, the magazine writes, with reference to a source with connection to S7. According to Bloomberg, is S7, Russia's second largest airline after Aeroflot.

Police said for Reuters to its normal flight level lifted from France. According to flygspåraren Flightradar24 flew there from Cannes. The crash occurred in the village of Erzhausen, and the charred debris of the plane should have been spread over the field within a radius of 20 metres. The area being fenced off and several forces were sent to the site.

a Few kilometres away from the kraschlandningen smashed two cars, one of which was a police car that was on its way to the scene of the accident. Three persons who were travelling in the police car were injured, while two people in the other car died.