MOSCOW: All 61 passengers
boarding in a flydubai Boeing 737 were exterminated when their plane crashed as
it was landing in Rostov-on-Don, in Southern Russia, on Saturday morning, representatives
said.
The plane was making its
second effort to land in bad weather when it lost the runway, exploding in a
huge meteor as it crashed. “flydubai regrets to confirm that flight FZ981
crashed on landing and that death toll have been confirmed as a result of this
tragic accident,” the airline said on its Facebook page.
The local crises ministry
confirmed that all 55 passengers and six crew on board were killed. “A Boeing
737 crashed as it was landing on the runway.
There were 61 people on
board. They are all dead,” said an orator from the local ministry, cited by the
official TASS news agency.
The plane hit the ground
a few hundred meters (yards) from the runway as it was making its second
approach, Russian news channel LifeNews reported.
“The Boeing 737 on the
Dubai to Rostov-on-Don route caught fire (after crashing),” an official
statement from the emergencies ministry said, adding that it took an hour to
bring the fire under control. The accident happened at 0050 GMT, according to
the statement. The plane had left Dubai at 1820 GMT, flydubai confirmed.
“We are driving our
emergency response in place and we will be working closely with all the establishments
involved. We will share as much information as possible just as soon as we can
and we will provide well-run information on a regular basis,” Emirates-based
flydubai said in a declaration on its Facebook page.
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