This afternoon, a private plane crashed during takeoff in the Lomonosov district of the Leningrad Region, killing three people, a source informed.
A child that was on board with the adults survived, Interfax quotes the source.
According to the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the light-engine plane crashed during takeoff at the Gostilitsy airfield. The Russian EMERCOM in the Leningrad Region received information about the crash at 15:05 Moscow time.