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Russian plane crashes near Moscow, killing 71 -- live updates
MOSCOW -- A Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow shortly after taking
off from one of the city's airports Sunday. The country's transportation
minister said all 71 people on board were killed in the crash.
The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few
minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city
some 1,500 kilometers, about 1,000 miles, southeast of Moscow.
Fragments from the Antonov An-148 airliner were found in the Ramenskoye area
, about 40 kilometers, about 25 miles, 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.
Investigators said debris and human remains were spread across 1 kilometer
at the crash site, Reuters news agency reports.
Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Sunday afternoon 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.
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Russia's Investigative Committee said all possible causes were being
explored.
Russian President Vladimir Putin put off a planned trip to Sochi in order to
closely monitor the investigation. Putin was to meet Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in the Black Sea resort, where the president has an
official residence.
Instead, Abbas will meet with Putin in Moscow in the latter part of Monday,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies.
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 because of the parts shortage. Tass
reported that it re-entered service for Saratov Airlines in February 2017.
Russia Plane Crash
In this screen grab provided by the Life.ru, the wreckage of a AN-148 plane
is seen in Stepanovskoye village, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the
Domodedovo airport, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. LIFE.RU VIA AP
Shabby equipment and poor supervision had plagued Russian civil aviation for
years after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, but its safety record
has improved markedly in recent years.
The last large-scale crash in Russia occurred on Dec. 25, 2016, when a Tu-
154 operated by the Russian Defense Ministry on its way to Syria crashed
into the Black Sea minutes after takeoff from the southern Russian city of
Sochi. All 92 people on board were killed.
In March 2016, a Boeing 737-800 flown by FlyDubai crashed while landing at
Rostov-on-Don, killing all 62 people aboard.
An onboard bomb destroyed a Russian Metrojet airliner soon after taking off
from Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh resort, killing 224 people in October 2015.
Emergency services work at the scene where a short-haul regional Antonov AN-
148 plane crashed after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport, outside
Moscow
Emergency services work at the scene where a short-haul regional Antonov AN-
148 plane crashed after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport, outside
Moscow, Russia February 11, 2018. MAXIM SHEMETOV / REUTERS
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