Light aircraft IL-103 has crashed a few kilometers from the Brest airport. Aircraft commander Mikhail Myadzvedzeu and senior pilot observer Alyaksandr Barysiuk died in the accident.
Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that the crew was on a mission to monitor the situation with forest fires. The plane belongs to Bellesavia which is among other things responsible for aviation protection of forests from fires.
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Bellesavia has three more aircraft of this type, their use has been suspended pending investigation of the accident.