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A FlyDubai airliner crashed while attempting to land in the southern Russian city Rostov-on-Don on early Saturday, according to Russian authorities. The Investigative Committee of Russia has confirmed that all 55 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 aircraft have died.
FlyDubai Boeing crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting landing amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV). All people on board the aircraft were killed in the crash.
The crew commander of the crashed Boeing 737-800 was a Cyprian national, the Russian transport prosecutor’s office said on Saturday.
“Fifty-five passengers and seven crew members have died. Six out of seven crew members were foreigners. The crew commander was a national of Cyprus,” the spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told RIA Novosti.
A Russian national was among the crew members of the FlyDubai plane that crashed over Russia’s Rostov on Saturday, the vice-consul at the Consulate General of Russia in Dubai told RIA Novosti.
“…A Russian citizen was among the crew members,” Ayna Chernova said.
She said that according to preliminary data, citizens of Spain and the Seychelles could also be among the victims.
The Ukrainian Consulate in Rostov-on-Don said on Saturday that at least eight Ukrainian nationals might have been aboard the crashed FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 plane.
“There is preliminary information. Eight people were killed. They were citizens of Ukraine, who died in the plane crash,” the spokesman at the Consulate told RIA Novosti.
Agencies/Canadajournal
