According to NBC News, 50 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed in central Russia on November 24.
NBC News reported that a 23-year-old Boeing 737 that had recently left Moscow exploded after a failed attempt to land at the Kazan International Airport. Flight U363 took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport and crashed just over an hour later. Officials said that the plane had attempted to land several times prior to the crash. According to eyewitness reports, the aircraft lost altitude quickly and its fuel tank exploded on impact.
Authorities reported that 44 passengers and 6 crew members were confirmed dead. The son of the president of the province of Tatarstan and the regional head of the FSB intelligence service were named among those who had died.
A spokesman for state aviation oversight agency Rosaviatsia said authorities would search for the flight recorders for more information on what caused the crash, but the direct cause is still unknown.
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Did You Know: According to the International Air Transport Association, Russia and the former Soviet republics combined had one of the world’s worst air-traffic safety records in 2011.
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