Video shows missile smoke trail as plane allegedly carrying Prigozhin falls from sky

Times of Israel ^ | 08/23/2023

[SeekAndFind]

Video showing what appears to be the trail of an anti-aircraft missile, as a business plane allegedly carrying Wagner chief Yegveny Prigozhin falls from the sky.

There is no still no official confirmation if Prigozhin was on the plane, where he was listed as a passenger.

⚡️ Самолёт, который разбился в Тверской области, принадлежит Евгению Пригожину, утверждают издание Baza и журналистка Ксения Собчак. На борту бизнес-джета Embraer, как утверждается, были 7 человек, они погибли.

[PIF]

It was a rhetorical reply.

[Widget Jr]

How about this, The Spectator, March 22, 2022, Ukrainians fear Chechen fighters. Russian soldiers hate them.

[Paul R.]

Oh, ok. (Actually, I forgot about Clancy being dead!)

[Elsie]

Still; the missile trail would be shown right up to the explosion smoke

[Svartalfiar]

It was an explosion in the fuel tank caused by a spark from a wire.

Jet fuel is designed to be decently non-explosive. Combustible, yes, but not very explosive. Also, tanks are usually overpressured to lower the vapor in the air as well. Some even have inerting systems using nitrogen or other inert gases instead of air.

What wires are sitting inside a fuel tank, that would even create a spark? Fuel level gauges are usually installed into the wall of the tank or a spar, not just floating around with wires trailing. And most such sensors likely don't have the power running through them to spark and set anything off. Granted, this was probably a Russian jet so who knows what shoddy construction went into it, but you theory is pretty unlikely.