Three months ago, the CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie, dared utter the phrase heard around the petrodollar world, “There is no reason to pay for oil in dollars,” as we noted here. Today, RT reportsthe dreadful news that he was killed in a business jet crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow after the aircraft hit a snow-plough on take-off. The airport issued a statement confirming “a criminal investigation has been opened into the violation of safety regulations,” adding that along with 3 crewmembers on the plane, the snow-plough driver was also killed.
CEO of France's Total dies in jet crash at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport – report pic.twitter.com/oA8aWLRCOZ
— RT (@RT_com) October 20, 2014
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 10/20/2014.
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