Moscow: A FlyDubai plane crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don killing all 62 passengers and crew on board.
The flight was en route from Dubai and crashed during a landing approach.
A Russian investigative committee confirmed in a statement that all 62 people, including seven crew members, on board the flight FZ981, travelling from Dubai, were killed in the crash on Saturday morning.
“During the landing approach a Boeing-737 crashed. It had 55 passengers on board. All of them died,” a regional spokesman told TASS.
Flydubai issued a statement saying it "very much regrets to confirm that the accident involving flight number FZ981 at Rostov-on-Don earlier has resulted in 55 passenger fatalities including 33 women, 18 men and 4 children. The nationalities of the deceased passengers include 44 Russians, 8 Ukrainians, 2 Indians and 1 Uzbekistani."
There was no immediate information on the cause, although some news reports suggested weather could have been a factor.
Russian News Agency TASS said weather data from the area indicated that winds were anywhere from 14 to 22 meters per second at the time of the crash and there was light rain.
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