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2024-01-16 17:50:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F6700CE6C398D88F68989BD0B4936602C790E4F7DAA7C6B0AB49AE53BD11CCC4
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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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