All 50 people on board a Boeing 737 plane were killed when it crashed in Kazan city, capital of Tatarstan republic of Russia while landing, Russian authorities confirmed. There were no survivors.
The accident occurred when the plane belonging to Tatarstan Airlines was attempting a second landing but crashed at about 7.20 p.m. on Sunday. Reason for crash is still unknown.
44 passengers and six crew members were those among dead.
Irek Minnikhanov, son of Tatarstan's President Rustam Minnikhanov, and Alexander Antonov, the republic's security service chief, were among the killed, said Tatarstan Republic's deputy prime minister Yury Kamaltynov.
The National aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said the plane was about to fly a second circle before landing.
The cause of the crash was yet to be determined as the black boxes had not been found.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the families of the killed, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, adding that the president also instructed for setting up an investigation commission for the air crash.
Russian Investigative Committee, the country's criminal investigative body, said it would send experts to the site of the air crash, and the committee head Alexander Bastrykin would fly to Kazan today.
(with inputs from IANS)
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