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2023-08-24 12:29:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A9A681A7AF86879D482FB83502C11AC4D040E4593278FEB4EFA10746959BFEF5
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According to Ian Petchenik of Flightradar24, at 3:19pm GMT, the aircraft made a “sudden downward vertical”. Within about 30 seconds, the aircraft had plummeted more than 8,000 feet from its cruising altitude of 28,000 feet “Whatever happened, happened quickly,” Petchenik said https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-mercenary-yevgeny-prigozhins-plane-appeared-fine-radar-until-last-30-2023-08-24/
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