FlyDubai Plane Crashes in Russia, Killing All Aboard
3/19/2016 7:17AM
At 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.