Plane crash in Russia's Kazan kills 50 people onboard
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A Boeing 737 airliner has crashed on landing in the Russian city Kazan. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry says at least 50 people onboard, including 44 passengers and 6 crew have been killed.
Firefighters extinguished a fire at the scene. Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all the victims from the crash site, and are looking for flight data records.
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The son of Tatarstan President and the head of the regional Federal Security Service are among the dead. The airport in Kazan has been temporarily shutdown.
The 23-year-old airliner took off from Moscow, and crashed an hour later at around 7:20 p.m. Moscow time. Reports said the plane appeared to lose altitude as it was making a second landing attempt.
There were no immediate indications of what may have caused the crash. Russian President Vladmir Putin has instructed the government to form a commission to investigate the crash. A mourning ceremony will be held on Monday.
The relatives of the victims will get more than 60,000 US dollars insurance compensation each.
