Flydubai plane crashes in Russia; 62 aboard reported dead

Commander Wallace · 03-19-16, 01:22 PM

After circling an airport for 2 hours because of snowy conditions and poor visibility and high ground level winds, a passenger get from the United Arab Emirates has crashed on the 2nd attempt approach to Rostov-On-Don, killing all 62 people aboard. U.S investigators along with their Russian counterparts and those of the UAE will assist in the investigation.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/europe...a-plane-crash/

Quote: Ghaith, the flydubai CEO, said that, "as far as I can tell, there was no distress call," Ghaith said.
He added that the aircraft passed a "C-Check" on January 21.

The aircraft was a " Fly Dubai " Boeing 737.

Quote : Authorities have ruled out terrorism as a cause of the crash. Instead, according to investigative committee spokeswoman Oksana Kovrizhnaya, they will be looking at three possibilities: technical issues, severe weather and human error.

The victims remains have been recovered as well as both of the plane's flight data recorders and one of two voice recorders by midday Saturday, state-run Ria Novosti reported.

Quote : The UAE-based airline said 44 of the passengers were Russians, along with eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbekistani. Thirty-three of the passengers were women, 18 were men and four were children.

Hopefully our Subsim members from Russia and their families are safe.

Condolences to the families of those lost on this aircraft .

Eichhörnchen · 03-19-16, 01:29 PM

That's very, very sad news

Schroeder · 03-19-16, 01:42 PM

Over here they said there were cross winds at 110km/h (~65 mph) and that two other aircraft had aborted their landing attempts and flown to other airports instead.

Jimbuna · 03-20-16, 11:29 AM

Seeing the footage on the news, the weather conditions were atrocious.

03-19-16, 01:22 PM	#1
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Flydubai plane crashes in Russia; 62 aboard reported dead After circling an airport for 2 hours because of snowy conditions and poor visibility and high ground level winds, a passenger get from the United Arab Emirates has crashed on the 2nd attempt approach to Rostov-On-Don, killing all 62 people aboard. U.S investigators along with their Russian counterparts and those of the UAE will assist in the investigation. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/europe...a-plane-crash/ Quote: Ghaith, the flydubai CEO, said that, "as far as I can tell, there was no distress call," Ghaith said. He added that the aircraft passed a "C-Check" on January 21. The aircraft was a " Fly Dubai " Boeing 737. Quote : Authorities have ruled out terrorism as a cause of the crash. Instead, according to investigative committee spokeswoman Oksana Kovrizhnaya, they will be looking at three possibilities: technical issues, severe weather and human error. The victims remains have been recovered as well as both of the plane's flight data recorders and one of two voice recorders by midday Saturday, state-run Ria Novosti reported. Quote : The UAE-based airline said 44 of the passengers were Russians, along with eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbekistani. Thirty-three of the passengers were women, 18 were men and four were children. Hopefully our Subsim members from Russia and their families are safe. Condolences to the families of those lost on this aircraft .

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,371 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's very, very sad news __________________

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Over here they said there were cross winds at 110km/h (~65 mph) and that two other aircraft had aborted their landing attempts and flown to other airports instead. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Seeing the footage on the news, the weather conditions were atrocious. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!