Russian Plane Crashes Near Moscow; 71 Are Feared Dead<br />Flight 703, operated by Saratov Airlines, was carrying 65 passengers<br />and six crew members from Domodedovo Airport to Orsk when it went down near the village of Argunovo, about 50 miles southeast of Moscow, the Sputnik news agency reported.<br />11, 2018<br />MOSCOW — A Russian plane carrying 71 people crashed shortly after takeoff in the Moscow region<br />on Sunday afternoon, most likely killing all onboard, according to local news reports.<br />The Russian aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, confirmed<br />that the plane, an AN-148 aircraft, departed at 2:21 p.m. from Domodedovo Airport for Orsk — about 1,000 miles southeast of Moscow — and disappeared from radar shortly after.<br />In October 2015, a Russian charter flight ferrying 224 passengers<br />and crew members to St. Petersburg from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, crashed soon after taking off, killing everyone on board.<br />In December 2016, a Russian aircraft bound for Syria carrying a military band to entertain Russia’s<br />forces there crashed into the Black Sea moments after takeoff, killing all 92 people aboard.<br />ark disappeared from radars," the agency said in a statement.<br />that Several minutes after takeoff, radio connection with the crew disappeared, the plane’s m
