CEO of French oil giant Total killed in Moscow plane crash

October 21, 2014 19:21

Russian and French experts were investigating today a plane crash at a Moscow airport which killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, whose private jet struck a snowplough on takeoff.

Russian investigators said the driver of the snow-clearing machine was drunk and that his actions, along with "an error by air traffic controllers", appeared to have led to the crash -- a claim disputed by the driver's lawyer.

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