Flydubai flight crashes during landing at Russian airport, killing all onboard

Astro Awani
March 19, 2016 13:16 MYT

A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Russia crashed during landing, killing all onboard.

Flydubai flight FZ981 crashed during landing at the Rostov-on-Don airport, killing all on board.

The flight was en route from Dubai and crashed during a landing approach, CNN reported.

Meanwhile, RT.com reported that the Boeing 737 crashed due to poor visibility.

The plane was carrying 55 passengers and six crew members.

BREAKING: Passenger Boeing from Dubai crashes in Rostov On Don reportshttps://t.co/bfeuoVdREn
— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2016

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MORE: According to other sources, 55 people were on board media https://t.co/bfeuoVdREn pic.twitter.com/BDuHCI5ANk
— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2016

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UPDATE: #FlyDubai passenger Boeing crashed in poor visibility conditions - preliminary data https://t.co/bfeuoVdREn pic.twitter.com/D4a9Cq7Rml
— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2016

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Meanwhile, Flydubai on its Facebook page confirmed the incident and said the aircraft had departed from Dubai International airport at 18:20 GMT.

Update 2:flydubai regrets to confirm that flight FZ981 crashed on landing and that fatalities have been confirmed as a...
Posted by flydubai on Friday, March 18, 2016

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