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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones and agencies

Four of six aboard private jet survive crash in Afghanistan

Mountainous valley
Badakhshan province is located in eastern Afghanistan and borders Tajikistan and Pakistan. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad

Four people are reported to have survived after a private jet carrying out a medical evacuation from Thailand to Russia disappeared from radar screens and crashed in a remote and mountainous area of north-eastern Afghanistan on Saturday.

Russian aviation authorities said two passengers and four crew members were onboard the charter ambulance flight, which was travelling from Utapao airport, near Pattaya, to Moscow via India and Uzbekistan.

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