Moscow: All 61 people on board a flight from Dubai were killed in the plane crash, when it busted into flames while it was landing on runway in Rostov-on-Don, Southern Russia, today early morning.
“A Boeing 737 crashed as it was coming into land. There were 61 people on board. They are all dead,” said a spokesman from the local ministry, quoted by the official news agency. The accident happened at 0620 IST according to an official statement from the emergencies ministry.
Emirates-based Flydubai said it was aware of an “incident” involving one of its planes, but did not give any further details.
“We are aware of an incident involving our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don. We are investigating further details and will publish an update once more information is available,” the airline said in a post on its Facebook page.
