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| Total's CEO dies in Moscow plane crash | Total's CEO dies in Moscow plane crash |
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| Christophe de Margerie, the chief executive of French oil company Total, has died in an air crash in Moscow. | Christophe de Margerie, the chief executive of French oil company Total, has died in an air crash in Moscow. |
| Airport spokeswoman Elena Krylova said: "Tonight, a plane crashed when it collided with a snow-clearing machine. Three crew members and a passenger died." | Airport spokeswoman Elena Krylova said: "Tonight, a plane crashed when it collided with a snow-clearing machine. Three crew members and a passenger died." |
| "I can confirm that the passenger was Total's head de Margerie," she said. | "I can confirm that the passenger was Total's head de Margerie," she said. |
| Total was not immediately reachable for confirmation. | Total was not immediately reachable for confirmation. |
| Russia's emergencies ministry said in a statement that the accident had involved a Falcon-50 plane shortly before midnight Moscow time (20:00 GMT) on Monday. | |
| Mr de Margerie had been chief executive of Europe's third largest oil company since 2007. | Mr de Margerie had been chief executive of Europe's third largest oil company since 2007. |
| The 63-year-old executive was highly regarded within the oil industry. At Total, where he had spent his entire career, he was nicknamed "Big Moustache". | |
| He joined Total Group after graduating from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Paris in 1974. | He joined Total Group after graduating from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Paris in 1974. |