61 dead as Flydubai plane crashes in Russia while landing

Plane, which took off from Dubai, crashed after a warning of heavy rain and strong wind. "The plane with 55 passengers and four or five crew on board, from Dubai, crashed as it came into land at the airport of Rostov-on-Don," said Marina Kostyukova

Plane, which took off from Dubai, crashed after a warning of heavy rain and strong wind. "The plane with 55 passengers and four or five crew on board, from Dubai, crashed as it came into land at the airport of Rostov-on-Don," said Marina Kostyukova, spokesman for the local Emergency Ministry. (Representational Image, Photo: Flydubai / Facebook)

Moscow: All sixty-one people on board a flight from Dubai were killed when the plane crashed and burst into flames on landing in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, on Saturday morning, a local official said.

"A Boeing 737 crashed as it was coming into land. There were 61 people on board. They are all dead," said a local ministry spokesman, quoted by the official news agency TASS.

There were 55 passengers and six crew members on the plane, the official added. The accident occurred at 0620 IST according to an official statement from the Ministry of Emergencies.

"The Boeing 737 in Dubai route Rostov-on-Don to fire (after crash)," the statement said, adding that the fire was controlled by 0730 IST.

Based on the Emirates flydubai he said he was aware of an "incident" involving one of its planes, but gave no further details.

"We are aware of an incident involving our FZ981 flight from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don. We are investigating details and publish an update once more information becomes available," the airline said in a post on his Facebook page.

On October 31, a Russian plane exploded in the air over the Egyptian Sinai peninsula, killing all aboard 224. The researchers determined that was destroyed by a bomb on board.