Prigozhin plane maker Embraer SA says it wasn't providing service, support to jet due to sanctions: report
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The maker of the plane that is reported to have crashed outside of Moscow with Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin onboard says it has not provided support services for the business jet since 2019 due to «international sanctions,» a report says.
Brazilian plane maker Embraer SA told Reuters that it is aware of a plane crash in Russia on Wednesday involving a Legacy 600 model, which Russian state media says killed the mercenary warlord who recently challenged the rule of President Vladimir Putin.
«Embraer has complied with international sanctions imposed on Russia,» a spokesperson for the company added, according to Reuters.
The news agency reports that the plane, which was manufactured in 2007, was placed under U.S. Treasury Department sanctions in 2019 when it was listed under a prior registration.
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A view shows plane wreckage on fire following a reported crash Wednesday in the Tver region of Russia. (Reuters/Ostorozhno Novosti / Reuters Photos)
«The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took action against Russian actors that attempted to influence the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, though there was no indication that foreign actors were able to compromise election infrastructure that would have prevented voting, changed vote counts, or disrupted the tallying of votes,» the Treasury Department said at the time in a press release, specifically naming Prigozhin and the plane.
Prior to Wednesday’s crash in the Tver region of Russia, the Legacy 600 only recorded one accident in its more than 20 years of service, Reuters also reported. Around 300 of the aircraft
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