According to them, a few hours before the tragedy, Selivanets sent them a video filmed at an altitude of 8.5 thousand meters. The images show the view from the cabin.
The pilot’s brother said he had not seen his relative for “many years.”
“We often corresponded but rarely called each other and then before flying to Sudan, he called me out of the blue and told me that he missed him and wanted to come on vacation to see all his relatives and visit his father’s grave,” the man pointed out. .
The deceased pilot frequently visited places of military conflicts and delivered humanitarian aid there.
The day before, the Russian Embassy in Sudan reported about a cargo plane crash in the west of the country. The diplomatic mission then said they were verifying reports about Russians aboard the downed Il-76.
The SHOT Telegram channel noted that documents from two Russians were found at the crash site of the Il-76 plane. There is no official confirmation of this information.
The Telegram channel also discovered that the downed plane was heading to assist another plane, which had previously been damaged during its landing in West Kordofan. The Il-76 with the Russians on board, according to SHOT, was carrying spare parts and engineers who were to repair the damaged plane.
