71 killed in plane crash in Russia
Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow shortly after taking off from one of the city’s airports on Sunday. The country’s transportation minister said there were no survivors. The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city some 1,500km southeast of Moscow.
Fragments from the Antonov AN-148 airliner were found in the Ramenskoye area, about 40km from the airport. Footage on state television showed them strewn across a snowy field with no buildings nearby. No on the ground casualties were reported.
Transport minister Maxim Sokolov said on Sunday that “judging by everything, no one has survived this crash.” He did not give the number of people on board, but Russian news reports said the plane carried 65 passengers and six crew members.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said all possible causes were being explored.
The AN-148 was developed by Ukraine’s Antonov company in the early 2000s and manufactured in both Ukraine and Russia. Russian state news agency Tass said the plane that crashed had been flying since 2010, with a two-year break because of a shortage of parts. The plane was ordered by Rossiya Airlines, a subsidiary of Aeroflot, but was put into storage during 2015-2017. It re-entered service for Saratov Airlines in February 2017.
Shabby equipment and poor supervision had plagued Russian civil aviation for years after the 1991collapse of the Soviet Union, but its safety record has improved in recent years. The last large-scale crash in Russia occurred on Dec 25, 2016, when a Tu-154 operated by the Russian defence ministry on its way to Syria crashed. All 92 people on board were killed. AP
Moscow: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow shortly after taking off from one of the city’s airports on Sunday. The country’s transportation minister said there were no survivors. The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city some 1,500km southeast of Moscow.
Fragments from the Antonov AN-148 airliner were found in the Ramenskoye area, about 40km from the airport. Footage on state television showed them strewn across a snowy field with no buildings nearby. No on the ground casualties were reported.
Transport minister Maxim Sokolov said on Sunday that “judging by everything, no one has survived this crash.” He did not give the number of people on board, but Russian news reports said the plane carried 65 passengers and six crew members.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said all possible causes were being explored.
The AN-148 was developed by Ukraine’s Antonov company in the early 2000s and manufactured in both Ukraine and Russia. Russian state news agency Tass said the plane that crashed had been flying since 2010, with a two-year break because of a shortage of parts. The plane was ordered by Rossiya Airlines, a subsidiary of Aeroflot, but was put into storage during 2015-2017. It re-entered service for Saratov Airlines in February 2017.
Shabby equipment and poor supervision had plagued Russian civil aviation for years after the 1991collapse of the Soviet Union, but its safety record has improved in recent years. The last large-scale crash in Russia occurred on Dec 25, 2016, when a Tu-154 operated by the Russian defence ministry on its way to Syria crashed. All 92 people on board were killed. AP
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