Total oil CEO killed in Moscow plane crash - TV

MOSCOW, Oct 21 (KUNA) -- The Chief Executive Officer of the French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when a private jet collided with a snow plough at Moscow's Vnukovo international airport on Monday night, Russian TV said.
The plane crashed when it collided with a snow-clearing machine. Three crew members and a passenger died, confirmed the TV.
The giant oil company said in a statement: "Total confirms with deep regret and great sadness that chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie died just after 10:00 pm (Paris time)." The collision occurred just before midnight as the Dassault Falcon business jet attempted to take off bound for Paris.
De Margerie, 63, was on a list of attendees at a Russian government meeting on foreign investment in Gorki, near Moscow, on Monday. Hours before his death he had met the Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, at his country residence outside Moscow to discuss foreign investment in Russia. (end) as.hb