– Sixty-two people have been killed following a plane crash in Russian city of Rostov-on-Don
– The flight was travelling from Dubai, it crashed on an attempt to land
– It remains unclear what the cause of the crash is
Emerging reports suggests that about 62 passengers and crew have died after a FlyDubai Boeing 737 plane crashed during an attempted landing in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
According to officials of the Russian investigative committee, all 62 people on board Flight FZ981 travelling from Dubai, were killed in the crash in the early hours of Saturday, March 19.
Investigators say the tail of the flight hit the ground as it tried to land
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“The aircraft hit the ground and broke into pieces,” the committee said in a statement on its website. “According to preliminary data, there were 55 passengers aboard and 7 crew members. They all died.”
In a statement published on Twitter, the Dubai Media Office said 44 of the passengers were Russian, eight were Ukrainian, two were Indian and one was from Uzbekistan.
Al Jazeera reports that the plane’s flight path, as tracked by Flight Radar 24, shows the plane made a number of turns near the Rostov-on-Don airport prior to the final attempted landing.
It is believed to be the first time a FlyDubai plane has crashed.
The real cause of the crash remains unknown (Photo: Reuters)
The ill fated flight is said to have hovered for a while before making its final attempt to land
In January 2015, a FlyDubai passenger jet was shot at while approaching the Iraq capital Baghdad.
An aviation official and a security official said at the time that two passengers were lightly injured when three or four bullets hit the body of the plane, but they were unable to specify the source of the gunfire.
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