Lost Chapter Total prepared successor

Died in a plane crash in Vnukovo the head of the French firm Total, Christophe de Margerie was preparing a successor. President Total can take the General Director of marketing Philip Boasso or head of refining Patrick Pouyanne.

In early may, the Total shareholders decided to limit the age of the managing company 65th years. De Margerie was 63 years. Consequently, for the past 2 years the head of the concern has promised to prepare a successor.

Aircraft Total head crashed into a snow-removing machine, which, according to reliable information the Investigative Committee, was ruled by the drunk driver. Together with de Margerie has killed 3 members of the crew. The investigation considers a priority versions of what happened the error Manager and actions segobriga. Among other things checked version of the weather factor and the error piloting. The criminal case.

Today, the investigating authorities of France informed about the circumstances of the death of the President of the company Total. "I think colleagues from France in the path are. They are informed through the Consul," said the adept of the Moscow inter-regional investigation Department of transport Tatyana Morozova. She told that the identification of those killed in the plane crash in "Vnukovo", will likely be produced without the DNA expert.

On the place of the accident at the moment is the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin. There he will meet with investigators and other participants in the investigation of the accident.

"It should be noted that from the first minute of a criminal case by the Investigative Committee adopted a detailed set of necessary investigative actions aimed at establishing all the events and circumstances of the incident, to install and to bring to justice all those responsible for the tragedy, " said a spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin. According to his statement about an ongoing investigation, the office will be as open and almost immediately to inform the public, taking into account all the interests of the investigation and the provisions of criminal procedure law.

As we informed the Melbourne Herald sun, it was reported earlier, Falcon crashed around midnight on October 20. As became known later, he caught a snow-removal machine, find themselves at the same time on the runway, flipped over, then exploded. As informed, the official dealer of the Investigative Committee, the driver snow machines underwent a medical examination. By the decision of the doctors, the representative of the stronger sex was drunk.

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