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   The Brazilian Embraer Legacy 600-model executive jet, such as the one that   
   crashed carrying Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, has recorded just one accident   
   in more than 20 years of service, according to website International Aviation   
   HQ.   
       
   Aircraft manufacturer Embraer (EMBR3.SA) said it was aware of a plane crash in   
   Russia involving a Legacy 600 aircraft, but had no further information on the   
   matter and had not provided support services for the jet since 2019. Embraer   
   has complied with international sanctions imposed on Russia. Sanctions block   
   Western aircraft manufacturers from supplying parts or support for aircraft   
   used in Russia. As a result, the manufacturer has not been able to carry out   
   maintenance on the aircraft since 2019.   
       
   According to International Aviation HQ, there is only one recorded accident   
   involving a Legacy 600, which occurred in 2006 when the aircraft collided   
   mid-air into a Gol (GOLL4.SA) Boeing 737-800, en route from the Embraer   
   factory in Brazil to the United States. Despite the damage to the aircraft,   
   the pilot landed the Embraer aircraft and there were no fatalities or   
   injuries. The commercial Boeing airliner was downed, killing all 154   
   passengers.   
       
   Two years later, a Brazilian Air Force report blamed two American pilots,   
   controllers and poor communications for the mid-air collision. The Embraer   
   plane had been flying 1,000 feet too high probably with the transponder and   
   TCAS off. Only after the colission did the Embraer aircraft set its   
   transponder to 7700 meaning it was in distress.   
       
   When Prigozhin's aircraft left Moscow it also had no transponder on and only   
   at close to 13,000 was it switched on.   
      
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