A Russian official says the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, won’t get caught in a plane crash if he travels on domestic aircraft, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday.
“The Russian president uses domestic aircraft. These are very reliable vehicles,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Peskov was speaking at a press briefing when he was asked about the recent aviation accidents that claimed the lives of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima.
Raisi was flying over northwestern Iran when his helicopter crashed on May 19. Iran’s foreign minister, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, and other officials were also on board the helicopter. No one survived the deadly incident.
Chilima, meanwhile, was killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers on Tuesday. Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera said Chilima’s plane was found “completely destroyed” near a hill in northern Malawi.
However, Peskov said such incidents …