S7 Group chief's Epic LT involved in previous accident

Russian investigators have disclosed that the Epic LT aircraft which crashed killing S7 Group chief Nataliya Fileva was an 11-year old airframe operated by a company identified as Globus. The 31 March accident occurred at 16:40 local time at Egelsbach airport, which lies some 10km south-east of Frankfurt Main. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee says the aircraft crashed into a field and caught fire while attempting to land. “The aircraft is completely destroyed and burned,” it adds. None of the three occupants survived. Fleets Analyzer reveals that the same aircraft sustained major damage almost exactly four years ago, when it was involved in a landing accident at Moscow Domodedovo in March 2015 – reportedly with Fileva’s husband, S7 Group executive Vladislav Filev, on board. Manufacturer Epic Aircraft, based in Oregon, was sold in 2012 to Russian maintenance holding company Engineering – which is linked to S7 Group and recently rebranded under the S7 Technics name. S7 Group has a division called Globus which operates holiday charter services. It is unclear whether this company is directly linked to the operator of the Epic LT.<br/>