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PARIS--French oil company Total SA said Chairman and Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie died Monday in a plane crash at a Russian airport.

Mr. de Margerie, who was in Russia to attend a meeting of the government's foreign advisory council, died alongside the three crew members on board, a Total spokeswoman said. He was 63 years old.

The French executive was killed when his Falcon 50 business jet gathered speed to take off at Moscow's Vnukovo airport in low visibility, and ran into a snow-removal truck maneuvering on the runway, the airport said in a statement.

Gregory L. White in Moscow contributed to this article.

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