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A two-seater private seaplane crashed in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Russian Federation *.

This was reported by the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office.

The incident occurred on August 2 at about 11:00 am local time in the town of Dudinka in the Taimyr Dolgan-Nenets region.

According to the prosecutor's office, the seaplane crashed while taking off from the waters of the Dudinka River. There were two people on board. After the fall, the plane caught fire, the fire was extinguished by firefighters who arrived at the scene. Both people on board died, according to TASS, citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

The Krasnoyarsk transport prosecutor's office began an investigation into this accident. The details and causes of the incident are yet to be ascertained.