Total CEO Christophe de Margerie killed in Moscow plane accident: airport spokeswoman

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Christophe de Margerie, CEO of the French oil and gas company Total SA, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris July 7, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/BENOIT TESSIER
Christophe de Margerie, CEO of the French oil and gas company Total SA, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Paris July 7, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/BENOIT TESSIER

(Reuters) – Total SA (TOTF.PA) CEO Christophe de Margerie was killed in an airplane accident at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, airport spokeswoman Elena Krylova said on Tuesday.

“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.

Total was not immediately reachable for confirmation.