Total's chairman/CEO Christophe de Margerie dies in plane crashChristophe de Margerie, the Chairman and CEO of giant oil company, Total, died in plane crash last night
October 20th in Russia. He was 63.
According to a statement released by airport authorities early this morning, de Margerie's private plane
collided with a snowplow on the runway of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow as it was
accelerating for takeoff just a few minutes before midnight. They also said in the statement that the
driver of the snowplow was intoxicated. The business jet's three crew members also died.
The chief executive who was based in Paris, France had gone t to Russia to attend a meeting of
corporate executives with Prime Minister Dmitri A. Medvedev and was returning to Paris when the
accident occurred. He is survived by a wife and children. May his soul rest in peace.
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