Plane crashes in Russia: kill 61

The pilots would have had trouble with countries because of poor visibility. It rained and stormed at that time in the Southern Russian city. The unit of FlyDubai came from Dubai with 55 passengers on board and wanted to landing at the airport of Rostov-on-Don.

According to the Russian news agency TASS the pilots would have had trouble with countries because of poor visibility. The plane already undertook an attempt to land, but had that break off. The second attempt eventually went completely wrong.

Airline FlyDubai says on Facebook the accident to regret. "Our thoughts go out to the victims ' families", in a statement on Facebook. "We have close contact with the local authorities. Research must tell exactly what happened. "

Boeing indicates to investigate the crash. According to the website Flightradar24 would also have had trouble with the decline in other planes.

Three foreigners the Governor of Rostov-on-Don has on Russian television said that most Russians are victims who lived in the region. A first look at the passenger list shows that there are 33 women, eighteen men and four children died in the crash, in addition to the seven crew members.

The Russian regional security authority speaks in addition of three foreigners on the passenger list, but even better to have to check the information says.

In the passenger plane were not Dutch. That left a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hague.

Help Russian president Vladimir Putin has offered assistance to the family members of the killed passengers and crew members, said a spokesman for the Kremlin.

The plane of airline Flydubai, with flight number FZ981, was taken off in Dubai. The airport Rostov-on-Don is located not far from the border with Ukraine.

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