Flydubai shocked plane crash

- Flydubai airline is shocked by the crash of a passenger plane Saturday at the airport in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. A Boeing 737 crashed during landing. All occupants were killed according Flydubai. It involves at least 55 passengers and seven crew members.

,, Our thoughts go out to the families, '' we can read in a statement on Facebook.,, We have close contact with the local authorities. Research should determine what exactly happened. '' According to the Russian news agency TASS pilots would have had trouble with land because of poor visibility. The plane took before attempting to land, but had to abort. The second attempt was eventually completely wrong.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered assistance to the relatives of the dead passengers and crew members, said a spokesman for the Kremlin.

A first look at the passenger list shows that there are 33 women, eighteen men and four children were killed in the crash, in addition to the seven crew members. The governor of Rostov-on-Don has said on Russian television that most of the victims were Russians living in the region. Russian regional security authority also speaks of three foreigners on the passenger list, but says the information should look even better. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague has announced that no Dutch were in the unit anyway.

The aircraft carrier Flydubai, with flight FZ981 number, had taken off in Dubai. Flydubai organizes meetings for the families and has opened an emergency number.