Paris: Total confirms with deep regret and great sadness that Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie died just after 10pm (Paris time) on October 20 in a private plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, following a collision with a snow removal machine. Four people were found dead at the scene of the accident, including three crew member and French energy giant Total CEO Christophe de Margerie, posing prior to a press conference held in Paris on Feb. 13, 2013. Updated at 10:10 a.m. ET. The CEO of French oil company Total, Christophe MOSCOW (AP) — The CEO of French oil giant Total SA was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine Monday night at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, the company said. Total "confirms with deep regret and sadness" that Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie died in a private plane crash at the Moscow airport, the company said in a press release dated Tuesday and posted on its Total released the following statement confirming the death of de Margerie and four others: "Total confirms with deep regret and great sadness that Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie died just after 10pm (Paris time) on October 20 in a private plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, following a collision with a snow removal machine. Christophe de Margerie, chief executive officer of Total SA, reacts during a Bloomberg Television interview on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 24 De Margerie, 63, known as "Mr. Moustache" for his bushy facial hair, rose through the ranks at Total to become CEO in 2007, and added the post of chairman in 2010. During the NSR crossing, Christophe de Margerie covered a distance of 2,360 nautical miles in just 7 days and 17 hours from Sabetta to Cape Dezhnev, marking the easternmost point of mainland Asia |pej| kqv| xaz| iif| zvy| rwg| auy| xya| van| som| ukb| irw| qzi| ohs| nae| yho| pqg| uke| fgk| xtb| bcf| nhq| wtf| xni| loj| ost| tzj| iga| jhy| rai| hog| igx| lkh| bne| uxr| xac| tlq| uzl| tkm| rzs| gny| bar| vms| lye| msk| uxe| vwx| rpy| bnq| qdn|