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FLYDUBAI FLIGHT FZ981 CRASH IN ROSTOV-ON-DON KILLS EVERYONE ON BOARD
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Flydubai flight FZ981 crash LIVE UPDATES
Published time: 19 Mar, 2016 03:03
Edited time: 19 Mar, 2016 04:10
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A Flydubai Boeing-737-800 has crashed during landing in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. All the passengers and crew on board have been killed.
19 March 2016
04:56 GMT
A source in the Emergencies Ministry told TASS that all crew members of the FZ981 flight were nationals of the United Arab Emirates.
04:50 GMT
The fatal flight has been the aircraft’s third trip within the last 24 hours, Flight radar notes. The plane managed to make two flights from Dubai to Kiev and back, before heading for Rostov-on-Don.
04:39 GMT
A criminal case has been opened into the crash that will examine a possible “violation of traffic safety rules,” Prosecutor General’s office has announced.
04:37 GMT
Eleven foreigners were on board the flight, including all the crew members, Emergencies Ministry says.
04:37 GMT
Two of the flights that were scheduled to land in Rostov-on-Don airport before the Flydubai crash were diverted because of weather conditions, Flightradar24.com suggests. Another flight was diverted back to its origin airport in Istanbul.
An Aeroflot SU1166 flight from Moscow that was scheduled to land at 02:15 and Czech Airlines OK914 flight from Prague that was due at 03:25 were diverted to Krasnodar. Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that was supposed to touch down at 03:55 was forced to return back to Turkey.
04:32 GMT
The wind velocity at the time of the crash was 22 meters per second, TASS reports.
04:19 GMT
Regional government will provide help to victims’ families, governor Vasily Golubev told reporters adding that already 17 medics are providing them with psychological support.
04:07 GMT
TASS correspondent reporting from the Russian consulate in Dubai says that according to preliminary data, three Ukrainians, one Tajikistan national and one Indian national could have been on board the plane. RIA's sources meanwhile also report that at least five foreigners were inboard the Boeing.
03:54 GMT
FlyDubai has regretfully confirmed the crash that resulted in many fatalities, saying that the airline is “doing all we can to gather information as quickly as possible.”
“At this moment our thoughts and prayers are with our passengers and our crew who were on board the aircraft. We will do everything we can to help those who have been affected by this accident,” the company wrote on Facebook.
03:52 GMT
Rostov on Don airport is to remain closed until at least Sunday morning,
Twan
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