TOTAL CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DIES IN PLANE CRASH

Chairman and CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie is dead. He died in plane crash last night October 20th in Russia. He was 63.

In a press statement released by airport authorities early this morning,' de Margerie's private plane collided with a snowplow on the runway of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow as it was accelerating for takeoff just a few minutes before midnight and  that the driver of the snowplow was intoxicated.

Total released a statement on their website this morning, confirming his death thus: ‘’ 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 Christophe de Margerie. The thoughts of the management and employees of the Group go out to Christophe de Margerie’s wife, children and loved ones as well as to the families of the three other victims.’’