FlyDubai plane crashes in Russia, killing all on board
Russian officials say plane carrying 62 passengers and crew crashed on landing in city of Rostov-on-Don.
It is not yet known what caused the plane to crash at the Rostov-on-Don airport [Sergei Pivovarov/Reuters]
FlyDubai began operating in 2009 and mostly uses Boeing 737 aircraft [File: Ali Haidar/EPA]
19 Mar 2016At least 62 passengers and crew have died after a FlyDubai plane crashed during an attempted landing in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Russian officials said.
A Russian investigative committee confirmed in a statement that all the people on board the plane, travelling from Dubai, were killed in the crash on Saturday morning.
"The aircraft hit the ground and broke into pieces," the committee said on its website. "According to preliminary data, there were 55 passengers aboard and seven 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.
The plane was believed to be a Boeing 737 operated by Emirati airline FlyDubai, a budget airline with a new fleet of planes that started flying in mid-2009.
The plane was believed to be a Boeing 737 operated by Emirati airline FlyDubai, a budget airline with a new fleet of planes that started flying in mid-2009.
