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Russian airliner crashes near Moscow after takeoff, kills all 71 on board

2018-02-12 0 Dailymotion

Now for a look at stories making headlines around the world and we start in Russia, where a passenger plane crashed on Sunday killing all 71 people on board. <br />For more on this and other news we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… horrific reports coming out from the crash site… run us through what happened….<br /><br /> Well Semin… the short haul AN-148 operated by Saratov Airlines took off for the city of Orsk on Sunday.<br /> It was carrying 65 passengers and six crew members before it disappeared from radar just minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport.<br />Eye witnesses described the plane being on fire as it went down.<br /> Pieces of wreckage and bodies were found spread across a snow-filled Ramenskoye area, about 40 kilometers from the airport.<br />Officials are searching the field to look for bodies and any evidence that may help determine the cause of the incident. <br />One of the flight recorders was said to have been recovered and Russian officials have denied reports that the pilot reported a malfunction. <br /> Among the possible causes they listed were weather conditions, human error and the plane's technical condition. <br />State news agency Tass said the plane, which had been flying since 2010, was out of service for two years because of a shortage of parts, but was put back in to service this month. <br />President Putin expressed his condolences to the victims' families and put off a planned trip to Sochi to monitor the investigation. <br />

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