Russian plane crashes near Moscow, 71 feared dead
Moscow, Feb 11 (IBNS): All 71 people, who were travelling, are feared to have died after a Russian flight crashed outside Moscow on Sunday, media reports said.
"Fragments of the An-148 plane and several bodies have been found near the village of Stepanovskoye," a Russia’s emergencies ministry spokesman told TASS.
The Saratov Airlines jet vanished after take-off from the airport.
UPDATE The radio communication with the crew was lost several minutes after the take-off, the aircraft disappeared off the radar screen https://t.co/My6L8Frcsy pic.twitter.com/SBpZIW7uca
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) February 11, 2018
Russia’s Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) was quoted as saying in a statement reported by TASS: " The An-148 passenger plane of the Saratov Airlines [flight 730 from Moscow to Orsk] took off from the Domodedovo airport at 14:21 Moscow time. According to preliminary data, there were 65 passengers and six crew members aboard the plane. Radio contact with the plane was lost several minutes after the takeoff and the plane went out of the radars. In happened in Moscow region’s Ramensky district."
The exact cause of the crash was not known.
The great circle distance between Moscow (DME) and Orsk (OSW) is 1,448 km. Avarage flight time for flight #6W703 is 2h 11 min. pic.twitter.com/CJ7Pc1mmuh
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 11, 2018
President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to the families of the passengers and crew present in the plane.
He has ordered an investigation into the incident.
Saratov Airlines flight #6W703 has crashed about 5-6 minutes after take off from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 11, 2018
During the last seconds before it crashed the aircraft was falling with up to 22,000 feet per minute.
The aircraft involved was a 7 year old Antonov An-148. pic.twitter.com/0ENfhyI9Ts
Rescuers have been reportedly sent to the spot of the mishap.
All available Flightradar24 data regarding #6W703, including CSV of granular ADS-B data downloaded and processed after the crash. https://t.co/bVM7utQ2JG pic.twitter.com/18INzYUo1r
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) February 11, 2018
"Saratov Airlines flight #6W703 has crashed about 5-6 minutes after take off from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow. During the last seconds before it crashed the aircraft was falling with up to 22,000 feet per minute.The aircraft involved was a 7 year old Antonov An-148," Flight-tracking site Flightradar24 tweeted.
Image: AIRLIVE Twitter page
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