Russia plane crash: Investigators say 'all on board died'

Russia plane crash: Investigators say 'all on board died'

Investigators have said that all those on board a passenger plane that crashed while landing at Russia's Rostov-on-Don airport today have died.
According to Reuters the Boeing 737-800 Flydubai operated jet, crashed at 3.50 am local time at while carrying 55 passengers and seven crew members.
The airline has confirmed there were fatalities as a result of the crash but did not comment on how many.

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1. 19 March 2016 at 6:20am

Airline believes 'there are no survivors' from Russia crash

Operative service teams are still at the airport of Rostov-On-Don trying to establish what happened Credit: REUTERS/Sergei Pivovarov

Airline flydubai has confirmed that it believes "there are no survivors" after one of their planes crashed while landing at Russia's Rostov-on-Don airport.

Posting on Facebook the flight operator said: "While we are still awaiting final confirmation, it is with great sadness that we report we believe there are no survivors.
"We are unable to provide more specific details at this moment"

Last updated Sat 19 Mar 2016