Russian plane crashes: 71 onboard confirmed dead
(VOVWORLD) -A rescue team has found the black box of a Russian passenger plane that crashed near Moscow Sunday shortly after taking off from one of the city's airports.
 A Saratov Airlines passenger plane crashed near Moscow on February 11, 2018. All 71 people on board are killed. (Photo: Reuters) |
Russia’s transportation minister said all 71 people on board were killed in the crash. The Antonov An-148 aircraft was carrying 65 passengers and six crew members, the Russian news agency Interfax said. The Russian Emergency Ministry released a passengers list, which included three children, and no Vietnamese. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a “special commission in connection with the plane crash” to oversee an investigation of Saratov Airlines.