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On the night of March 19, a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 A6-FDN crashed on the runway of the Rostov airport. The crash killed all 62 people on board the liner - 55 passengers (including four children) and seven crew members. Most of those killed in the plane crash were residents of the Rostov region, in addition, among the passengers were citizens of Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

On March 20, mourning was declared in the Rostov region for the victims of the crash. The tragedy shocked the whole country - spontaneous mourning events took place in many cities. For example, in Moscow, people carried flowers and notes to the representative office of the Rostov region, in St. Petersburg, those who sympathized with the grief of Rostovites lit candles on the spit of Vasilyevsky Island.

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“This tragedy affected everyone, without exaggeration, because almost everyone had a friend on board,” a resident of Rostov, journalist Stanislav Smagin, told RT. - Rostov-on-Don is still a provincial city, here everyone knows each other through one person. This tragedy will remain in the memory of Rostovites now forever, because this is one of the blackest pages in the history of Rostov-on-Don.”

“The atmosphere in the city was mournfully heavy, but uniting. A common grief that rallied all the townspeople. I note that in the city there were no rumors about this plane crash from the side of Rostovites, although this is very typical for Rostov and southern cities in general, ”recalls Smagin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed condolences to the families of the victims. In addition, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Pope Francis, UAE Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders addressed the families of the victims of the disaster with words of sympathy.

Flydubai launched a special website where everyone could leave words of condolence in connection with the tragedy.

The government of the Rostov region paid the relatives of each deceased 1 million rubles. In addition, Flydubai transferred 2 million 25 thousand rubles to the families of the victims. The mandatory amount of compensation from the carrier, provided for by the Air Code of the Russian Federation in such cases, is 2 million rubles for one deceased.

It should be noted that some relatives do not consider this amount of payment to be fair and intend to require Flydubai's management to pay actual damages through the courts. That is, we are not talking about the standard insurance payment offered by the airline, but about compensation for moral and material damage.

The airline's management provided for this option by introducing a clause into the compensation agreement, according to which the amount paid is deducted from all subsequent payments established by court order or by settlement agreement.

As a result, according to the All-Russian Union of Insurers, five families refused to sign an agreement with Flydubai, demanding that this clause be deleted from the text of the document, as they expect to receive compensation from the airline through the courts in excess of 2 million 25 thousand rubles.

Fatal "shift"

The Interstate Aviation Committee, as well as specialists from the United Arab Emirates, France and the United States, are investigating the causes of the crash.

A detailed chronology of those events, reconstructed by the IAC experts based on data from flight recorders and controllers' testimonies, is set out in the committee's interim report published in April 2016.

The aircraft flying FDB 981 from Dubai was supposed to land in Rostov-on-Don at 01:40 Moscow time. The flight to Rostov was uneventful and took about four hours. Nothing foreshadowed trouble: the forecasted and actual weather in the area of ​​the Rostov airport, as well as two alternate airports in Krasnodar and Volgograd, allowed the liner to land.

Before descending, the crew requested data on the weather and the readiness of the runway from the dispatcher. It was raining near the airport, accompanied by gusts of wind at a speed of up to 18 meters per second, visibility was about three kilometers. But it was not possible to land the plane - the captain of the aircraft transmitted information about the presence of "wind shear" to the control service and left at 01:42 for the second circle with a climb to an altitude of 1500 m. "Wind shear" in aviation is called a local change in wind speed and direction . This phenomenon can lead to uncontrollability of the aircraft during takeoff or landing.

An hour and a half later, at 03:23, the Boeing team made another attempt, requesting clearance to descend for a re-landing approach. In both cases, the pilots turned off the aircraft's autopilot system after descending to 600 meters. But this attempt was not crowned with success either - at an altitude of 220 m, the captain decided to go around again with the engines brought to maximum take-off power. Experts believe that such a decision was made by the commander of the vessel due to gusts of wind near the ground.

Experts from the International Aviation Committee concluded that the cause of the tragedy was a crew error. At an altitude of 900 meters, the pilot simultaneously released the steering wheel “away from himself” (in this position, the ship begins to descend) and switched the aircraft stabilizer to a dive. As a result, at an altitude of 1000 meters, the plane began to descend again, this time in an uncontrolled mode. "The subsequent actions of the crew did not prevent a collision with the ground," the IAC report says. At 03:41, the Boeing 737 collided with the runway at a speed of 600 km/h.

Human factor

Soon, videos of the plane crash began to appear on the Internet. The footage shows how a luminous object rapidly rushes to the ground, then a bright flash occurs.

Internet users have found a lot of "strangeness" in the video. For example, many wondered why the trees in the video are still, even though the weather was windy in the area of ​​the crash. Subsequently, the experts explained that the trees could be closed from the wind by houses, and in addition, the wind speed at different heights can vary greatly.

Also, the fact that the falling ship glowed caused bewilderment - it was suggested that the plane caught fire while still in flight. But experts refuted this version: it was the light of landing lights, not a flame, the experts explained.

The version originally put forward about the malfunction of the aircraft was rejected based on the results of a thorough check. According to the IAC, all systems and units of the Boeing 737-800 worked properly.

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“The aircraft had a valid airworthiness certificate, underwent the necessary maintenance and was in good condition at the time of departure,” the committee said in a statement.

Bad weather conditions also could not have caused the tragedy, experts say. In general, the weather parameters fit into the standards under which an aircraft of this class can land.

Thus, to date, the only version of the causes of the crash is the error of the pilots, who had the necessary qualifications and experience, but for some reason lost control during landing.

The captain of the aircraft, 38-year-old Aristos Sokratus, was a citizen of Cyprus, the co-pilot, 37-year-old Alejandro Alava Cruz, was a citizen of Spain. Socratus had almost 6,000 flight hours behind him, most of which he spent at the helm of a Boeing 737. He received permission to command an aircraft a year and a half before the Rostov disaster. The co-pilot, in addition to the Boeing 737, flew the ATR 42/72 and Airbus A320 aircraft.

Experts note that the scenario of the Rostov disaster resembles the story of the fall of the Boeing-737 of the Tatarstan airline at the Kazan airport in November 2013. Then the crew also could not land the ship the first time and went to the second circle, from which the plane went into an uncontrolled dive and crashed on the ground.

During the investigation of that disaster, an experiment was conducted: experienced pilots were asked to take the plane on the simulator to the second circle. Only four out of eleven subjects completed the task, and none of the pilots could correctly answer all questions about the operation of the automatic systems of the aircraft.

As Valery Postnikov, executive director of the Society of Independent Air Accident Investigators, explained in an interview with RT, pilot error is the final version.

“For unclear reasons, the pilots made a mistake in controlling the aircraft, and the weather here definitely has nothing to do with it. There is such a thing as meteominium - a certain set of conditions under which this aircraft is tested and should land normally. Modern means of navigation and aircraft control allow pilots to land absolutely safely, subject to normal procedures,” the expert noted.

According to Postnikov, the crew had to be ready for the approach to the second circle, as this is a mandatory exercise in pilot training. The reason for the problem that has arisen may be that real flights with an instructor are not used in the training of pilots - this is too expensive.

“All the problems of pilot training now rest only on money. To date, all training processes on modern ships take place on simulators, but still, test flights with an instructor pilot are needed, ”Postnikov noted.

Aviation expert Sergey Krutousov agrees with this point of view. In an interview with RT, he noted that the domestic civil aviation pilot training school has traditionally surpassed the foreign one, but now the level is declining in Russia.

“Our training system is also starting to “float”, because we use foreign aircraft. And at the same time, pilots have to be trained according to Western methods, with all the ensuing consequences. Today, a pilot is being trained to become a computer operator, and before there were many flights in manual mode, ”the expert noted.

But, perhaps, the cause of the tragedy was not at all the insufficient training of the pilots, but their physical overwork. Immediately after the tragedy, RT began to receive requests from Flydubai employees and pilots of other airlines, who said that this and other airlines were violating instructions, forcing pilots to work overtime.

Both Boeing 737-800 pilots were also overworked, unable to recuperate between flights. It was fatigue that could lead to a decrease in concentration, the result of which was a tragic mistake.

Rescuers at the crash site of Flight FZ981

March 19, 2016- On Saturday at 03:42 Moscow time at the airport of Rostov-on-Don, during a go-around in bad weather conditions (strong side wind and rain), the plane (registration number A6-FDN) of the airline, operating flight FZ 981 from Dubai, crashed. There were 62 people on board the aircraft (56 passengers and 6 crew members). According to preliminary data, they all died.

According to preliminary information, at an altitude of approximately 100-200 meters, the aircraft lost control and crashed into the ground almost at a right angle at high speed (see video from surveillance cameras below).

Boeing 737-800 flight FZ981 crew talks before the crash:

According to avherald.com, the plane waited 2 hours for acceptable weather conditions to land. This is also evidenced by data from . After this time, the crew attempted to make a test approach to runway 22. At this point, the ground wind was 240 degrees, 27 knots (14 m/s) with gusts up to 42 knots (22 m/s). However, it was a disaster.

According to updated data, there were 62 people on board the aircraft: 55 passengers, including 4 children, and 7 crew members. The Ministry of Emergency Situations published a list of the dead, most of the passengers were Russian citizens, including five foreigners. The crew of the liner consisted of citizens of different countries, among them one Russian.

The Rostov-on-Don airport is closed, it will resume its work at 00.00 Moscow time on Sunday, the press service reported. Passengers who were supposed to fly there are ready to receive the airports of Kavminvod and the Krasnodar Territory. More than 600 relatives of the victims arrived at the Rostov airport.

Brigades of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as a reinforced investigative and forensic group of the Russian Investigative Committee, are working at the crash site. On the fact of the plane crash, a case was initiated under the article “violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence.” Fly Dubai said they were investigating the circumstances of the incident.

In connection with the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, the hotline of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation is working 8 800 775-17-17 . A hotline is also open at Rostov-on-Don Airport +7 863 276-70-04

17:00 Investigators are considering two main versions of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, Oksana Kovrizhnaya, spokeswoman for the Southern Investigation Department for Transport of the TFR, told Interfax on Saturday.

“Currently, two main versions of the causes of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don are being considered: pilot error due to deteriorating weather conditions or a technical malfunction,” she said.

According to her, there were four children among the passengers and crew, as well as several foreign citizens: seven citizens of Ukraine, one from Uzbekistan, one from India.

Meanwhile, according to the Flightradar24 flight tracking service, the Boeing pilot made three attempts to land the liner before the crash in Rostov-on-Don. “Before the accident, the pilot made three attempts to land the plane,” the service said on Twitter.

Boeing 737-800 Flydubai, flying on Saturday night from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, crashed while re-landing. According to preliminary data, all on board were killed - 55 passengers and 7 crew members.

16:29 Senator Sergei Shatirov believes that the cause of the crash was most likely a human factor. “The crew commander could have chosen an alternate airfield for leaving, but he decided to land in Rostov and for this he burned fuel for two and a half hours,” the deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy in charge of transport told RIA Novosti. When the commander re-requested a landing, the controller could not deny him permission even in bad weather, as the plane ran out of fuel, Shatirov added.

16:28 In the Pervomaisky district of Rostov-on-Don, where the airport is located, a state of emergency has been declared. After the crash of the Boeing, almost a thousand citizens asked for emergency help.

16:27 Investigation of the plane crash will take about two months. Its terms may be increased due to the duration of the examinations, the Investigative Committee reported. The "black boxes" of the aircraft are in good condition. The Investigative Committee confirmed that the plane had been trying to land for more than two hours: “The plane was supposed to land at 01.10 Moscow time, but it made several circles due to weather conditions and crashed at 03.42,” said Oksana Kavrizhnaya, senior assistant to the head of the Southern Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee.

16:26 According to preliminary data, 50 and 140 people refused to fly from Krasnodar to Dubai on a Flydubai flight.

16:25 Approximately 50 out of 140 tourists who planned to fly on Saturday to Dubai (UAE) from Rostov-on-Don on a return FlyDubai flight canceled the trip. This was reported to TASS by the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT) Irina Tyurina.

16:20 President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev "with deep sorrow took the news of the tragic death of people as a result of the crash at the airport of Rostov-on-Don of a Boeing passenger plane." This is stated in his telegram of condolences.
As reported in the press service of the head of state, "Nazarbayev, on behalf of the people of Kazakhstan and on his own behalf, expressed deep condolences to the families, relatives and friends of the victims."

16:02 The head of the administration of Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Gorban, decided to allocate a lump sum payment of 200 thousand rubles to the families of Rostov residents who died in a plane crash. This is reported by the city administration.

According to the city administration, there were 28 local residents on board the liner.

Earlier, the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, decided to allocate 1 million rubles for the families of the victims. “I think that payments to the families of the victims will amount to 1 million rubles. Today I will sign the relevant decree,” Golubev told reporters.

16:01 Deadlines for identifying the bodies of those killed in the crash in Rostov may be extended, as there are only fragments of the bodies, the Investigative Committee reported

15:42:26 Head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Vladimir Puchkov flew to Krasnodar, from where, together with members of the working group of the government commission, he immediately went to Rostov-on-Don to the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 passenger plane.

As TASS was informed in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the plane with the minister and rescuers on board landed at the airport of Krasnodar, since the airport of Rostov-on-Don is closed. “Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov, additional rescue teams from the Leader Center and the Centrospas Detachment of the Russian Emergencies Ministry are currently on their way to Rostov-on-Don,” the ministry said.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will coordinate the work to eliminate the consequences of the plane crash directly at the scene of the emergency.

15:29 FlyDubai does not believe that a terrorist attack could have been the cause of the airline's plane crash, which crashed in Rostov-on-Don. This was announced today at a press conference in Dubai by the Executive Director of FlyDubai, Ghaith al-Ghaith.
He said that a preliminary report on the causes of the crash of the Boeing 737-800 will appear in a month.
“In principle, any scenario is possible. But at the moment, all the news on this topic is just speculation. It is necessary to rely only on the official results of the investigation, which will take time,” added FlyDubai's chief executive.

15:29 Rostourism expects a decrease in demand for tours and air tickets within a few weeks due to the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don. This was announced by the head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov to journalists on the sidelines of the Intourmarket-2016 exhibition.

15:26 Russian Railways will take all air passengers from Rostov to Moscow who could not fly due to the suspension of the airport. This was reported to journalists by the head of the North Caucasian Railway (NCRR) Vladimir Pyastolov.

“We will completely take all the passengers from Rostov to Moscow by train,” he said.

“Currently, we have organized the sale of additional tickets for additional carriages of the Rostov-Moscow train. Tomorrow the train will also go with an additional 6 cars. And the composition of the train from Moscow to Rostov has been increased by 6 cars, ”the representative of Russian Railways explained.

15:19 There were 16 foreign citizens on board the Boeing that crashed in Rostov-on-Don.
This was announced today to TASS by a source in emergency services.

“According to updated data, based on the passport data of the passengers of the aircraft, there were 16 citizens of foreign states on board, including 7 people from Ukraine, 2 from Spain and India, 1 from Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia and the Seychelles,” - he said.

15:17 The pilots of the Boeing-737-800 that crashed today in Rostov-on-Don had sufficient training and experience to fly the aircraft. This statement was made at a press conference in Dubai by the Executive Director of FlyDubai airline Geith al-Gheit.

According to him, "the commander of the ship had a flight time of 5700 hours, the second - 5669 hours." “Thus, they had a sufficient level to control the aircraft in any conditions,” he stressed. “In turn, the plane was last checked on January 21, 2016.”
Ghaith al-Ghaith also urged all parties to refrain from drawing any conclusions pending official information from the investigation. “Our group is already heading to Russia,” added a representative of the Emirati company. “We are in constant communication with the Russian authorities.”

14:56 The state will do everything to provide assistance and support to the families of the dead passengers of the Boeing that crashed in Rostov-on-Don. This was stated by the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.
“I express my sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. The state will do everything to provide them with assistance and support, to understand the causes of the plane crash, ”the speaker of the upper house of parliament wrote in a government telegram addressed to the governor of the region, Vasily Golubev.
The plane crash is “a terrible tragedy and great grief for all” Russia, Matvienko stressed.

14:48 The captain of the crew of the plane that crashed in Rostov-on-Don was a citizen of Cyprus. It is reported by the Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office.
The Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus in Krasnodar confirmed the information that the captain of the liner was a citizen of this state.
“We are in constant contact with the Russian Foreign Ministry on this matter. The captain was a Cypriot born in 1978,” the Consulate General said.

14:30 all Boeing 737-800 flight recorders found

14:27 The final decision on landing in difficult weather conditions is made by the aircraft commander, not airport controllers - Rosaviatsia

14:27 At the crash site of the Boeing in Rostov-on-Don, a second flight recorder was found, according to the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

14:26 Photos from the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 in Rostov-on-Don:

14:25 Expert opinions:

The angle at which the collision occurred with the ground is about 60 degrees, - estimated Sergey Melnichenko, director general of the International Advisory and Analytical Security Agency.

According to the flight engineer, instructor, first class pilot Igor Shevtsov, the cause of the fall could be lateral wind shear in the direction of the aircraft.

“In this case, there is a sharp loss of speed,” the expert explains. - If there was a height of 200 meters, of course, it is very difficult to go to the second circle. You need to increase the mode. Surely, in poor visibility, they entered automatically. The wind shear is such that the aircraft lost speed. So he lost control.

14:20 First footage from the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 in Rostov-on-Don:

14:15 A second "black box" was found at the crash site, RIA Novosti reports.

14:14 The representative of Ingosstrakh, where some Boeing passengers were insured, Karen Asoyan said that "the insurance does not imply compensation for an accident, it is exclusively medical." Now the company is checking whether among the passengers those who may have purchased covered policies on their own. “If there were any, then we will naturally pay as soon as possible within the framework of the law,” Asoyan told RIA Novosti, adding that the limit on the accident policy, approximately, has coverage of €10,000.

14:14 People carry bouquets of carnations to the airport terminal in Rostov-on-Don in memory of those killed in the Boeing crash. Currently, there are four buses at the terminal that carry passengers to Krasnodar.

14:10 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' prayed for those who died in the plane crash. “At the Divine Liturgy in the Trinity Cathedral of the Danilov Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' performed a prayerful commemoration of those who died as a result of a plane crash in Rostov-on-Don,” said Alexander Volkov, head of the patriarchal press service.

14:02 Following Aeroflot, all Saturday flights to Rostov were canceled by S7. Passengers can exchange or return tickets for a full refund.

14:01 Ukraine International Airlines offered condolences to FlyDubai, whose plane crashed in Rostov-on-Don. The Ukrainian airlines team left its appeal in the comments to one of the posts on the official FlyDubai Facebook page. “We offer our sincere condolences to the families of the passengers and crew of flight FZ981,” wrote representatives of Ukraine International Airlines. “Whatever the reason for what happened, we are confident that the crew and air traffic control did everything possible to prevent the accident. However, there are victims that a person is not able to prevent.” Recall that eight citizens of Ukraine died in the crash.

13:57 Festive events in Moscow, on the occasion of Earth Hour, were canceled due to a plane crash in Rostov-on-Don. “In connection with the tragedy associated with the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, the format of the event on Tverskaya Square dedicated to the Earth Hour action has been changed. Festive events are canceled, only the illumination of buildings will be turned off, ”the Moscow Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection said.

13:57 A military hospital can be used to identify the bodies of the dead near the Rostov airport, since the city's morgue can hardly accept such a number of bodies. The administration of Rostov promised to help with the funeral of Rostov residents who died in a plane crash.

13:53 Everyone who wants to honor the memory of those who died in the Boeing 737 passenger plane crash, lay flowers and candles, can come in Moscow: Bolshoi Ovchinnikovsky lane, 26 building 4 (Representative office of the Rostov Region), 15:00 and in Rostov-on-Don : Military Glory Square near the Airport, 15:00.

13:41 “We are sitting with a partner in the car, I see that the plane is landing. With such a wind, even the car rocked from side to side. I think: how are airports not closed with such a wind?”, RT reports the words of an eyewitness to the events.

13:47 Dossier on the crashed Boeing 737-800 (serial number A6-FDN) of FlyDubai:

The Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft that crashed on March 19, 2016 in Rostov-on-Don was built at the Boeing plant in the USA in 2010 under serial number 40241/3517.

He made his first flight on December 21, 2010 under temporary registration N1786B. The liner was equipped with two CFM56-7B27 turbofan engines manufactured by CFM International Corporation.
Exploitation

The aircraft was operated by only one air carrier, Flydubai of the United Arab Emirates. The car entered the FlyDubai fleet on January 19, 2011, receiving the registration number A6-FDN. The Irish-American company GE Capital Aviation Services, GECAS acted as the lessor.
Catastrophe

On March 18, 2016, the liner performed flights on the route Dubai - Kyiv and Kyiv - Dubai, after which it flew to Rostov-on-Don on flight FZ-981. There were 62 people on board - 55 passengers (including 45 citizens of the Russian Federation) and seven crew members. At the time of this flight, the age of the aircraft was 5 years, 2 months and 27 days. The departure from Dubai was made at 22:20 local time (with a delay of 35 minutes), Boeing was supposed to land in Rostov-on-Don on March 19 at 01:20 Moscow time. Landing at the destination airport took place in conditions of poor visibility and strong gusts of wind. According to the Flightradar website, which tracks the position of aircraft, the liner circled the Rostov airport for two hours, the pilots made at least two attempts to land. Around 03:50 Moscow time, the Boeing collided with the ground near the runway and completely collapsed. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, all passengers and crew members on board were killed.

13:46 Photos from the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 flydubai in Rostov-on-Don

13:45 The Kuban authorities confirmed the information that there was a resident of Anapa on board the crashed Boeing. This was reported to the regional administration. “Information about a passenger from Anapa has been confirmed. Whether there are residents of the region among the other dead, it turns out, ”the department noted.

13:42 FlyDubai should help to receive insurance payments to the families of the dead passengers. This opinion was expressed by Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy. The deputy explained that the law of the Russian Federation on compulsory insurance in transport applies only to Russian carriers. According to him, if the responsibility of FlyDubai was insured in foreign companies, then they are “obliged to pay” the sums insured to the relatives of the victims of the disaster. Aksakov answered in the negative to the question that such liability could not be insured. “This is an international practice, the life and health of citizens who travel by these airlines should have been insured there,” he confirmed. The head of the State Duma Committee doubts that relatives of the victims will face serious difficulties in obtaining compensation. “We need to find out which insurance company insures passengers, present documents about the death during this tragic event and receive insurance compensation,” he said. At the same time, Aksakov said, “in this case, the airline needs to take on all the work, since this is both its prestige and generally established practice.” In particular, FlyDubai should clarify exactly where the risks were insured and act as an intermediary between relatives and insurers, he concluded.

13:41 Residents of Rostov-on-Don carry flowers to the international terminal of the Rostov airport. Only one sheet is posted on the bulletin board in the international terminal - a list with dead passengers. Under the bulletin board, people put bouquets of carnations tied with black ribbons.

13:40 Eyewitness of the crash of flight FZ981: “I heard the roar of the plane's engines, I immediately realized that it was going to the second circle. Afterburner engines. Looked out the window, saw a flash. Yellow, red - a terrible flash. Within two minutes, rescue services, firefighters, responded, they could be heard rushing to the scene, ”said an eyewitness.

13:30 Pilots received more than 10 warnings about bad weather conditions at the airport, according to the website of the REN-TV channel, citing a recording of the crew's conversations with the dispatcher published online. As follows from the record, the captain of the aircraft requested information on wind speed and visibility several times. The controller notified the crew of an almost critical wind speed of 18 m/s. He also reported on the danger of icing the aircraft. The pilot of the liner twice tried to land and twice left for an additional circle. After the second unsuccessful attempt, the crew failed to climb to a height.

13:28 Hero of Russia, test pilot Anatoly Knyshov believes that the pilots did not go to the spare circle because of fear of costs. “I think that when deciding to go to an alternate airfield or land a plane in Rostov, the crew thought not only about flight safety,” the pilot told Gazeta.Ru. “Perhaps they wanted to land the plane in order to avoid additional expenses. Because going to an alternate airfield means higher costs. It will be necessary to pay for the services of the airfield, tour operators will have to provide rest for the crew and passengers, etc. Therefore, the crew refused to go around. And after the Boeing failed to land for the first time, the pilots began to land the aircraft according to the actual weather, that is, to wait for those minimum weather conditions under which the crew's training allows the aircraft to land. At the same time, the expert notes that, most likely, the disaster occurred due to a crew error. This is evidenced by the angle of approach to the ground, and a sharp loss of speed.

13:27 Flight recorder found at crash site

13:27 Aeroflot canceled all flights from and to Rostov-on-Don on March 19 and 20. A representative of the company that manages the airports of the Krasnodar Territory told RIA Novosti that Sochi Airport is ready to become one of the alternate airports for receiving and sending flights from Rostov. Also canceled flights Rostov-on-Don - St. Petersburg (5114-5115), Rostov-on-Don - Simferopol (5152-5153), Sochi - Yerevan (5367-5366); - Rostov-on-Don - Yerevan (5330-5331) Aeroflot subsidiary "Donavia". All flights will depart and arrive from Krasnodar Airport.

13:26 The final cause of the crash will become known only after the decoding of the voice recorder and flight data recorder, said Sergey Melnichenko, Director General of the International Consultative and Analytical Agency Flight Safety, a member of the World Flight Safety Foundation.
According to him, according to a preliminary analysis of the audio recording of the radio exchange between the crew and controllers of Rostov-on-Don, there were no reasons that could lead to a disaster. “In terms of the tone of the crew, nothing foreshadowed such a tragic development of the situation,” Melnichenko said.
“The reason will become known only after decoding the “black boxes”: the voice recorder and the flight data recorder, because from the data of the recorder it will become clear what happened to the aircraft in the last seconds, and from the voice recorder - why the crew did not decide to leave for Krasnodar”, - he said.
He called the voiced preliminary versions "fortune-telling on the coffee grounds." “I think that all possible versions will be considered. The decoding of the “black boxes” will probably reject some versions, ”Melnichenko believes.

13:21 Aeroflot announced the cancellation of all its flights departing and arriving at Rostov-on-Don airport on March 19 and 20, according to the company's website.

“Due to the emergency situation in Rostov-on-Don on March 19, 2016, the city airport is currently closed. All flights departing/arriving to Rostov-on-Don on March 19 and 20 have been canceled,” the airline said in a statement.
The company informed that the departure and arrival of all flights will be carried out from Krasnodar airport. “For Aeroflot passengers, a ground transfer has been organized between Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar,” the report says.
Aeroflot also announced that passengers who have tickets to or from Rostov will be able to return them without penalty.

13:17 The plane's tanks were filled with fuel to return to Dubai - that's why there was a strong explosion during the fall

13:17 The plane with the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov was sent to Krasnodar due to severe weather conditions. He will be able to arrive in Rostov not earlier than in 3 hours. The plane of the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov will try to land at a military airfield near Rostov.

13:11 The crashed Boeing was waiting for a return flight to Dubai. “140 people were supposed to fly from Rostov-on-Don to Dubai on a return flight. Among the passengers are parents with children,” Irina Tyurina, press secretary of the PCT, told the agency. Presumably, everyone was going to fly on vacation in the UAE. Now potential passengers are being transported to Krasnodar, from where a spare flight is expected to depart for Dubai.

13:10 The UK called three main versions of the crash of the liner The Investigative Committee is considering three main versions of the Boeing crash: technical malfunction, difficult weather conditions, crew error. IC speaker Vladimir Markin also confirmed the discovery of one of the "black boxes". The head of the transport committee of the State Duma, Yevgeny Moskvichev, believes that adverse weather conditions played a key role in the crash. “The plane is brand new. The fact that he circled around for two hours, and also that the planes left for other airports in front of him, indicates that there was a strong wind,” the deputy explained.

13:04 Krasnodar International Airport will receive about 600 more passengers of flights redirected from Rostov-on-Don Airport, the press service of the Kuban administration reported. “Tentatively, the Krasnodar airport will receive six flights, which is about 600 passengers. This should not create a special overload for the Krasnodar airport, since it can accept more than 1,000 passengers per hour,” the report says.

13:03 Rescuers of North Ossetia are ready to assist in eliminating the consequences of a plane crash in the Rostov region, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the republic reports. “The North Ossetian rescue team includes highly professional rescuers, including those of international class, who took part in providing assistance in the aftermath of emergencies in various countries,” the report says. Also, if necessary, an automobile group of 100 people is ready to go to the crash site. It mainly consists of employees of a specialized fire and rescue unit - the most equipped and powerful in the North Caucasus.

13:01 The citizenship of one of the passengers of the crashed plane has not been established, a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Rostov-on-Don told TASS. It is known for sure that there were nine foreigners on board: “Uzbekistan – one, Ukraine – seven people, India – one. The citizenship of one passenger has not been established, but he is definitely not a citizen of Russia, ”the representative of the Foreign Ministry specified.

12:49 Medvedev instructed to create a government commission in connection with the plane crash. The commission will be headed by Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov.

12:48 The Civil Aviation Agency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will take part in the investigation of the Boeing 737 crash, the organization said in a statement.

“We are responsible for investigating all incidents in the skies of the UAE, as well as involving Emirati aircraft,” the agency stressed. “We have created a special group that cooperates with the Russian authorities and other international structures.” Data on the composition of the delegation of the Emirati authorities and the possible timing of its departure to Russia are not published in accordance with the rules on non-disclosure of official information.
Sheikh Ahmad bin Saeed Al Maktoum, head of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and board member of FlyDubai, is in charge of the on-site investigation.

The Dubai airport reported that representatives of the civil aviation agency had already arrived at the air harbor. They are members of the Sky Incident Investigation Unit. “We expect the start of initial checks in the very near future,” a TASS source at Dubai airport said. - Later, employees of the Boeing company will join the investigation.

12:45 A storm warning in the Rostov region will be valid for another two days - an intensifying wind and precipitation brought a rainy cyclone to the southern regions of Russia. According to the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, now in the Rostov and other regions of the Southern Federal District (SFD) the highest - "red" - level of weather danger is in effect.

“It means that the weather is very dangerous, there is a possibility of major destruction and catastrophes,” the source said.
According to Roshydromet, on March 19-20, in most of the district - precipitation in the form of rain, turning into sleet and snow, sticking of sleet, wind up to 25 m/s; in the Rostov region on March 19 - heavy precipitation, on March 19-20 - wind up to 30 m/s. Today in Rostov-on-Don can fall up to a quarter of the monthly rainfall, which in March is 51 mm.

12:40 The representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Vladimir Markin confirmed the discovery of one of the "black boxes" at the crash site. “Investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the Russian Investigative Committee are working to collect the remains of the dead passengers, after which they will be sent for identification and forensic and genetic examinations. Along with this, the search for flight recorders continues, one of which has already been found by now, ”said the representative of the UK.
According to Markin, the Russian Investigative Committee is establishing contacts with FlyDubai representatives to investigate the reasons. “Investigators have begun ... establishing contacts with the FlyDubai airline, whose representatives will soon arrive in Rostov-on-Don,” he said. In addition, Markin said, "the investigators began to seize flight documentation and study the actions of the operational services of the airport."

12:28 Oksana Kovrizhnaya, assistant to the head of the Southern Investigation Department for Transport, said that two versions of the crash of a passenger Boeing in Rostov-on-Don are currently being considered. According to her, the reasons could be pilot error due to bad weather conditions or a technical malfunction. “Currently, two main causes of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don are being considered: pilot error due to deteriorating weather conditions, or a technical malfunction,” Kovrizhnaya said.

12:28 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to the families of the passengers and crew members of the Boeing 737-800 aircraft that crashed at Rostov-on-Don airport. "Medvedev expresses his deep condolences to the families and friends of those killed in the plane crash," Natalia Timakova, the prime minister's press secretary, said.

12:27 Experts from the United Arab Emirates, the United States and France will join the investigation of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported on the website of the Interstate Aviation Committee. “The commission has started its work. In the near future, experts from the United Arab Emirates, the state of registration and operator of the aircraft, the United States, the state of the aircraft developer and manufacturer, and France, the state of the engine developer, will join the work of the commission.

12:27 Among the 55 passengers of the crashed FlyDubai plane were three tourists from the ART-tour tour operator, Dmitry Arutyunov, general director of the tour operator, said.

12:26 The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Vladimir Puchkov, flew to the crash site to coordinate search operations on the spot. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“The Minister of Emergency Situations, at the head of a working group of the government commission on emergency situations, flew to Rostov-on-Don to coordinate search and rescue operations and control measures to provide assistance to the families of the victims,” said a representative of the department.
In addition, an additional group of rescuers from the Leader Center and the Centrospas Detachment of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, as well as investigators from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, flew to Rostov-on-Don.

12:21 The Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov and the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko landed in Krasnodar, from where they will go to Rostov-on-Don to the crash site of the Boeing 737, said the official representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency Sergey Izvolsky.

12:19 In the near future, experts from several countries will join the work of the commission of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) to investigate the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, the committee said. “In the near future, experts from the United Arab Emirates, the state of registration and operator of the aircraft, the United States, the state of the aircraft designer and manufacturer, and France, the state of the engine developer, will join the work of the commission,” the report says.

12:15:11 Refueling of the crashed plane at Dubai airport took place in standard mode without any technical problems, a source at the emirate's international airport said.

According to him, "refueling takes place at the base airport in accordance with the established technical regulations." “There definitely should have been enough for a flight to Rostov-on-Don,” added the air harbor employee. “The quality of the fuel here is very good, there were no complaints.”

12:14 The crew commander of the Boeing 737 aircraft was a citizen of Cyprus, according to the Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office.

12:12 FlyDubai special flight with representatives of the UAE aviation authorities is preparing to fly to Rostov-on-Don. The Consul General of Russia in Dubai, Gocha Buachidze, announced this on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.

“According to our information, a FlyDubai special flight to Rostov is being prepared. So far, permission to land has not been received. They are preparing to leave to join the investigation of the tragedy,” he said.

12:11 Two main versions of the crash are being considered: pilot error due to weather conditions and a technical malfunction.

12:01 Together with the crashed airliner, SU 1166 from Moscow was circling in the sky over Rostov. Its commander also tried to land, but could not because of the strong side wind, after which he headed for Krasnodar, where he landed safely. The commander of the crashed Boeing attempted to land in Rostov despite poor conditions. Wind near the ground was 240 degrees, 27 knots (14 m/s) with gusts up to 42 knots (22 m/s).

12:01 FlyDubai CEO Ghaith al-Ghaith: “We express our deepest condolences to the families of the passengers and crew members. Everyone at FlyDubai is in deep shock and our hearts go out to the families and friends of those affected. We do not yet know all the details of the accident, but we are working closely with local authorities to determine the cause of the crash. We are making every effort to help those affected, and will provide all necessary assistance to loved ones of the passengers.”

12:00 - One of the "black boxes" of the plane that crashed in Rostov-on-Don was discovered, a source said.

11:56 Five ambulances and 18 psychologists are on duty at the Rostov airport to provide assistance to the relatives of those killed in the crash, Oleg Salagai, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Health, said.

In addition, additional teams from the Federal Scientific Center for Psychiatry named after A.I. Serbsky, as well as forensic doctors from the Russian Center for Forensic Medical Examination.

On March 19, 2016, at night, a terrible and tragic accident occurred at the airport of Rostov-on-Don, the victims of which were 62 people. According to the official data of the website portal, the Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner owned by the Flydubai air carrier was on a flight from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, however, due to unknown circumstances at the moment, the plane crashed, killing 7 crew members and 55 passengers.

09.04.2016

According to the official statement, the reason for the crash of the Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner in Rostov-on-Don was the fragmentation of the actions of the crew members, in particular, the mistakes made during the go-around approach are implied. According to some connections, this version was established during the decoding of flight recorders from a crashed airliner, and there were reports that a terrorist attack and a technical malfunction could be the culprit were refuted even earlier.

28.03.2016

The recorder showed that the pilot of the liner, indeed, 6 km before the runway, decided not to land, but to go around, turned off the autopilot and took control. However, for some unknown reason, he did not take into account the fact that when switching from landing mode to climb mode, the Boeing 737-800 does not smoothly go up with manual control (as it would with autopilot), but climbs in fighter mode.

When the plane went beyond the critical angle, its speed began to drop. At this point, the conflict occurred. The control pilot continued to pull the yoke towards himself, and the other pilot began to push his yoke away, shouting: “Stop! Where?! Stand!" As a result, the on-board computer began to receive different impulses from the two helms and the aircraft control was broken.

Judging by the record, the pilots understood each other only when they felt negative g-forces, but by this time they were unable to change anything. When the plane rushed to the ground at a speed of 325 km / h, they only screamed in horror and despair.

19.03.2016

Chronicle of the Boeing 737 crash in Rostov-on-Don.

According to official data, the passenger aircraft, flying FZ-981 from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, departed from its point of departure at 22:37 last night, and according to the official schedule, was supposed to arrive at its final destination at 1:00 and 40 minutes at night.

However, in preparation for the landing, the aircraft made several passes over the city, which was most likely due to unfavorable meteorological conditions, caused in particular by strong squally winds, the gusts of which reached 18-20 m/s. While attempting a second landing approach, at approximately 0350 hours Moscow time, a Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner crashed, killing 62 people.

Preliminary versions of the disaster

At the moment, experts are considering two main versions of the plane crash that occurred at the Rostov airport. According to the first of them, the fault was unfavorable meteorological conditions, mainly caused by reduced visibility and strong winds, which in turn did not allow a safe landing on the territory of the air harbor. It should be clarified that a few hours before the tragedy, the passenger plane of the Russian air carrier Aeroflot also failed to land at this airport on the first attempt, however, there was no actual landing ban from the aviation services, which in turn may indicate other circumstances happened.

Later, experts suggested that the crash of the Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner at the Rostov-on-Don airport could have occurred due to a frozen steering wheel, however, the version has a lot of controversy around it, in particular, according to official data, a few seconds before the crash, the plane began to climb, which in fact would have been impossible if the aircraft's rudder had really been blocked, but at the same time, this version converges with an extremely sharp angle of incidence of the aircraft.

According to another version, the plane crash in Rostov was caused by a mistake by the pilots, who entered the dive during the second landing approach, which in turn is confirmed by a video recorded by one of the street surveillance cameras located opposite the runway of the Rostov airport. From the presented video materials, it can be seen that the aircraft was landing at high speed and at a very large angle.

Among other things, experts are also considering other versions of the tragedy, in particular, the possibility that the plane of the Flydubai airline was technically out of order is not ruled out - according to preliminary versions, due to some problems, it was delayed by 35 minutes with its departure from Dubai, and a long circling over the airport, may be the main indication that technical problems prevented the landing.

The rapid tests carried out showed that the probability of a terrorist attack on board a Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner of the Flydubai airline is extremely small, however, in turn, one should also take into account the fact that the witnesses of the incident indicate that at the time of the crash there was two powerful flashes, which may also indicate the detonation of an explosive device on board the aircraft.

The results of the investigation of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don

According to official data, no survivors could be found at the crash site of the passenger airliner flying FZ-981 from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, and according to experts, the chance of finding people still alive was almost zero, since by analyzing the angle of incidence and speed, the impact on the ground was incredibly powerful - the wreckage of the aircraft was scattered over an area of ​​​​several square kilometers.

Initially, air traffic controllers were checked by specialists, however, no traces of alcohol, toxic or narcotic substances were found in their blood, and during the verification of the audio recordings of the negotiations, no critical actions were found on the part of the services of the Rostov airport.

During negotiations between air traffic controllers and the crew of a passenger flight FZ-981 is not marked by any anxiety, which most likely excludes the possibility of detecting a technical problem on board the Boeing 737-800 airliner, while during the conversation only technical instructions are followed allowing the pilots to land correctly.

At the current hour, specialists working at the crash site at the Rostov airport have found all the flight recorders, which are supposed to help clarify the circumstances of the crash of the Boeing 737-800 airliner.

LIST OF DEAD PASSENGERS

1. Larissa Allen
2. Zhanna Andreeva
3. Elvira Belyakova
4. Viktor Bespechnov
5. Victoria Bevzyuk
6. Marina Bevzyuk
7. Yulia Bezglanaya
8. Sergei Bezglasny
9. Galina Bolgova
10. Alexander Bozhko
11. Olga Bozhko
12. Alina Berezina
13. Konstantin Chebotarev
14. Svetlana Chebotareva
15. Dmitry Chernov
16. Elena Chernova
17. Kirill Chistyakov
18. Oleg Chistyakov
19. Victoria Chistyakova
20. Vladimir Felyanin
21. Valery Gamov
22. Ludmila Goncharova
23. Elena Kaliberda
24. Sergei Kaliberda
25. Olesya Karavantseva
26. Irina Karpenko
27. Nikolai Karpenko
28. Miss ANJU Catervel Ayapan
29. Olga Klimenko
30. Pavel Koposov
31. Anastasia Koposova
32. Daria Koposova
33. Ludmila Koposova
34. Tatyana Kravchenko
35. Raisa Loboda
36. Olga Mayachenko
37. Sayam Mohan
38. Inna Negodaeva
39. Anna Osipova
40. Galina Pakus
41. Igor Pakus
42. Alexey Shantsin
43. Irina Shantsina
44. Nikolay Shlipchenko
45. Valentina Somina
46. Anna Shershieva
47. Natalia Tarasenko
48. Svetlana Shekhelskaya
49. Danilo Shekhelsky
50. Pavlo Shekhelsky
51. Natalya Veremeevskaya
52. Alexander Veremeevsky
53. Vitaly Veremeevsky
54. Valentina Voronova
55. Larisa Zheved

CREW LIST

1. Socratous Aristos
2. Alava Cruz Alejandro
3. Curbelo Caro Javier Alejandro
4. Aurdus Maxim
5. Confait Alex Dominic Yoram
6. Delacruz Laura Patricia
7. Nazirdinova Zhulduz

20.50 The operational headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the runway of the Rostov airport was completely cleared.

20.36 The commander of the Boeing 737-800 of the Flydubai airline, Aristos Sokratus, a citizen of Cyprus, was on his last flight before his dismissal. He decided to return to his homeland, as he had recently married and his wife was expecting a child.

20.01 Recreated the picture of the fall of the "Boeing": airplane could not sit down the first time, went to the second round, then to the third. "At an altitude of about 900 m at a speed of more than 400 km / h, the liner rolled to the left and almost vertically, at an angle of 60 degrees, crashed into the ground closer to the left edge of the runway," TASS reports.

19.29 Flydubai Executive Director Gate al-Ghait said that the decision to circle around the city for two hours was made by the commander of the liner, RT reports.

18.34 Flydubai continues toaces from Russian cities from Dubai. The airline operates flights to Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Samara and Ufa, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.

18.19 Version: "Boeing" could fall into a "tailspin" due to a malfunction of the elevator. This version of the tragedy was voiced to Interfax by a source in the operational headquarters. According to him, the plane hit the ground at an angle of 45-50 degrees.

17.45 IAC experts and specialists do not yet have an understanding of the causes of the crash of the Boeing aircraft, TASS reports. Only a preliminary picture of the catastrophe itself has been recreated.

17.01 The governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that the relatives of those killed in the Boeing plane crash began to receive compensation. For this, 8 specialized points have been opened in Rostov, as well as one point each in the municipalities where there are victims of the disaster,” he said.

16.20 The authorities of the Rostov region have established contact with all relatives of 55 victims of the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don.

15.57 The case of the Dubai Boeing has been transferred to the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. This was announced with reference to the head of the department Alexander Bastrykin, the official representative of the UK Vladimir Markin.

15.38 The first planes took off from Rost-on-Don airport after the Boeing crash. First Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Alexander Grebenshchikov RIA Novosti.

15.18 The airfield runway was damaged on an area of ​​300 square meters. The Ministry of Emergency Situations plans to spend about 12 hours on its restoration and open the airport by 9 am on Monday.

15.05 At the airport of Rostov-on-Don, they began to clear the runway from the wreckage of the liner. Earlier it was reported that the head of the Investigative Committee allowed these works to begin, apparently, the investigators had finished examining the place of the emergency.

14:52 Read report of our correspondent from the airport of Rostov-on-Don: .

14.20 A Riga police officer wrote on his Facebook page that there was “nothing terrible in the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, because there were mostly Russian citizens there.” The city authorities decide on the punishment of the law enforcement officer.

13.59 A representative of the representative of the air carrier Gate al-Geyt at a briefing in Rostov Gate al-Geyt at a briefing in Rostov said that the conditions at the airport for landing the liner were good. He also noted that the airline has full confidence in the Russian side in the investigation.

13.48 Bastrykin, who arrived at the scene of the emergency, allowed the Boeing wreckage to be removed from the scene of the tragedy at the airport

12.58 Aleksey Kudelya, representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency in the Krasnoyarsk Territory: "Landing at an unscheduled airport involves extra expenses - you need to accommodate passengers, organize a transfer, and pay for the maintenance of the vessel. In the case when the board simply produces fuel, the expenses are less"

12.53 The IAC reported that the "black boxes" of the aircraft were severely mechanically damaged.

12.06 Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin arrived at the airport of Rostov-on-Don

11.35 The IAC said that the decoding of the "black boxes" will begin on Monday and may take about a month, RIA Novosti reports.

11.33 Sokolov said that restoration work on the runway at the Rostov-on-Don airport will begin at night, the airport is scheduled to open in the morning on Monday.

11.19 Source: 183 fragments of human bodies at the crash site.

11.11 Aeroflot will transport the relatives of those killed in the plane crash to Rostov-on-Don free of charge.

11.01 On the Day of Mourning, residents of Rostov-on-Don bring flowers to the airfield building. A temporary memorial has been created in honor of the dead, where a black poster with the names of all the dead is installed.

10.25 Payments have already been made to the families of those killed in the plane crash. "There are 8 points in Rostov and one in other cities," said the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.

9.55 Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov called the timeframe for the examination of the remains of the bodies - up to two weeks

9.30 Search and rescue operations have been completed.

9.16 In Russia, they do not intend to close the sky for the Flydubai airline after the crash in Rostov-on-Don.

9.00 Search and rescue operations at the Boeing crash site in Rostov-on-Don are almost over.

08:41 - Foreign experts arrived at the crash site.

06:38 - Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations continue to work at the crash site of a Boeing at the airport of Rostov-on-Don. "The weather is favorable," a representative of the regional head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation told RIA Novosti.

04:25 - The translation of the radio exchange between the controllers of the airport of Rostov-on-Don and the crew of the crashed Boeing is published on the website of the International Consultative and Analytical Agency Flight Safety.

From the transcript it follows that air traffic controllers informed the pilots about weather conditions, in particular about the speed of gusts of wind and heavy rain, as well as severe turbulence. According to the record, the crew of flight FZ-981 did not inform the dispatchers about emergency situations on board the liner. Negotiations end with a message from the pilot about the decision to go around. "I'm leaving for my second lap, Sky Dubai 981. 1212, bye bye," he said.

03:39 - Condolences to Russia were expressed by the authorities of Egypt. “In these difficult moments, the government and people of Egypt are together with the Russians,” the statement said.

02:17 - In Rostov-on-Don, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations continue to search for fragments of the bodies of those killed at the crash site of the Boeing.

01:35 - The FlyDubai airline, which owned the crashed plane, will pay an additional $20,000 to the families of the victims, Life News reports.

00:38 - In connection with the crash of flight FZ-981, Prime Minister of Moldova Pavel Filip sent condolences to the Russian people.

00:12 - The black boxes of the crashed Boeing were delivered to Moscow by a special board of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They were sent to the Interstate Aviation Committee.

00:05 - A funeral ceremony with the laying of flowers in memory of those killed in a plane crash at the airport of Rostov-on-Don will be held on Sunday in the terminal building, the government of the Rostov region reported.

23:50 - "Boeing" could fall when trying to go to the third landing circle, and not the second, as previously reported. This was told by a source in emergency services, writes TASS.

23:41 - Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed the death of two Indian citizens in the crash of a Boeing.

23:32 - According to the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov, it will take about ten hours to restore the runway and lighting equipment at the airport of Rostov-on-Don.

23:20 - The members of the crew of the crashed Boeing did not give distress signals, Interfax writes, citing a source.

23:12 - The crashed Boeing of FlyDubai could have fallen at speeds of more than 300 km/h from a height of about 900 meters, a source in emergency services said. One of the reasons for the fall, according to him, could be that at a critical moment before landing the departure for the next circle, the board could not withstand the maximum loads, taking into account gusty winds and adverse weather conditions.

In addition, a version is being considered that the aircraft crashed due to a lack of thrust at the maximum loads experienced by the aircraft.

22:50 - Residents of Kyiv carry flowers to the Russian embassy, ​​mourning the victims of a plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, writes the Ukrainian edition of Vesti.

22:19 - The head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Maxim Sokolov, said that the airport of Rostov-on-Don could receive planes on Saturday. This, according to him, is evidenced by indicators of wind and visibility.

22:15 - Investigators fly to Russia from the United States to assist in the investigation of the plane crash.

21:53 - Data reading from the flight recorders will start tomorrow.

21:39 - A special board of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with "black boxes" flew to Moscow.

20:55 - Very sadly and symbolically this time the "Earth Hour" began in Moscow. On this day, the lighting of buildings is turned off. But now the Kremlin, Red Square, the White House have also plunged into darkness as a token of memory for those who died in Rostov-on-Don. Dozens of people with candles are standing on Red Square.

20:38 - There was a message that a reserve flight FlyDubai took off from the Krasnodar airport. It will deliver passengers to the UAE who were supposed to fly on vacation from Rostov-on-Don by the same crashed Boeing. We previously reported that there were 140 such passengers, including many children. But now it is reported that in the end only 80 people flew, the rest refused after everything that had happened.

20:37 - All work of the Investigative Committee on the territory of the airport has been suspended until seven in the morning, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in emergency services.

20:02 - Meanwhile, all the bodies and fragments of the bodies of the dead have already been collected from the runway. They are sent to the morgue. Now the forensic experts have to work. This was told by the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov. He added that the personal belongings of the dead were also collected. When the investigators finally leave the runway, but the special services will begin work on clearing and repairing the runway.

19:54 - Our colleague from "MK in Rostov" sent a report from the Rostov airport. . “Everyone says that the plane’s engine caught fire, and it fell already burning, at a right angle,” said Maria. “Our relative was at the scene of the tragedy. He says that the sight is terrible. There was nothing left of people. Pieces, small fragments. Identify will be by DNA ... ", one of the relatives of the deceased during the crash told us in an interview.

19:21 - Here in the comments, some readers did not agree with our expert that . But on the air of KP radio, the chairman of the Civil Aviation Commission of the Public Council of Rostransnadzor, Oleg Smirnov, actually confirmed this version: “This is not only fuel consumption, but also transport charges at another airport, and accommodation of passengers while waiting. These are very high costs. Tens of thousands dollars." He also said that "effective managers" who are not related to aviation are often put in charge of airlines. Their task is to ensure maximum profit. They begin to scold the pilots for go-around, etc. Therefore, pilots begin to take risks. Yes, the plane, if it circled for two hours, burned a lot of fuel, but the pilot did not think that he would circle for two hours, he initially thought about avoiding a flight not to the destination airport. Well, this is one version. Perhaps after deciphering the black boxes there will be additional facts, then we will again interrogate experts using new data.

19:14 - According to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov, the main phase of search work has already been completed at the Rostov airport. But the surveys will continue until midnight.

19:08 - Meanwhile, it became known about another happy case when the Russian woman did not get on the ill-fated Boeing. How did the 34-year-old Elvira Isayeva was celebrating her birthday in Dubai with a friend until late at night, returned to the hotel late and was late for the transfer.She has now been extended her stay at the hotel by 4 days and will return to Russia later. Sometimes it happens...

18:49 - A 3D reconstruction of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don, prepared by the LifeNews portal, has been published online. As you can see in the video, the plane began to descend sharply in front of the runway, first touching the ground with its tail and wing, and then "dived" with its nose and exploded.

18:40 - Here are some conflicting reports coming in about the scatter of the wreckage. Now the correspondent of "Russia-24" said live that the wreckage is scattered over a territory of 1 km. In its turn The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Vladimir Puchkov, said that the search area was divided into seven parts and specialists examined literally every centimeter. Work will be carried out around the clock.

18:09 - Muscovites, meanwhile, literally filled up with flowers and toys the Representative Office of the Government of the Rostov Region under the Government of the Russian Federation in Bolshoi Ovchinnikovsky Lane, 26, building 4. Also, notes with words of sorrow are left on the spot, candles are lit.

18:04 - As a source in emergency services told TASS, the Boeing fell almost vertically and literally entered the ground with its nose. The wreckage of the aircraft is small and compact.

17:56 - But in social networks there was a curious message from a passenger of the previous flight 1166, en route from Moscow to Rostov on the same night. He reports that the pilot of this plane decided to leave for Krasnodar after three unsuccessful landing attempts. According to the passenger, when landing, he was shaking like on an old body. He also writes that he was angry, like other passengers, with the crew, and now he has a feeling of shame. "In the meantime, guys, say thank you without saying anything, bow to the ground, respect for professionalism, good luck! I drink to your health !!! And I will drink all day today !!!" - writes the passenger.

17:45 - The regional administration reported that the Rostov airport would be checked for safety before opening. They also said that on Monday forensic experts could start the procedure for identifying the remains of the victims of the crash, RIA Novosti reports.

14:09 - It was confirmed that out of 140 people who were supposed to fly on this plane from Rostov to Dubai, more than 50 people refused to fly on another FlyDubai plane from Krasnodar. This is about 40% of sold seats.

14:07 - Insurance "Ingosstrakh", which was all the tourists "Natalie Tours" flying on the crashed "Boeing" in this case does not work. RBC journalists found out that it was purely medical insurance, which did not provide for payments in case of accidents.

14:00 - The same publication reports that when the Boeing crashed, it punched a meter-long hole near the runway.

13:58 - Meanwhile, according to LifeNews, doctors checked for alcohol the entire shift of dispatchers who worked during the crash of the Boeing in Rostov-on-Don. No alcohol abusers were identified. Doctors said that this is a standard procedure after an emergency.

13:55 - As it turned out, one of the tourists "Art Tour" could not fly to rest in Dubai with his wife. He simply lost his passport. And his wife flew away and returned just on this flight.

13:36 - We continue to discuss what happened with our experts. Test pilot, Hero of Russia Anatoly Knyshov told MK that the automation had to cope with the task of landing in a strong side wind. However, pilots could land manually, either due to an automatic failure or for the sake of training. Read material.

13:16 - The press conference of the Executive Director of Flydubai, Ghaith al-Ghaith, has begun. He reported, firstly, that the crew commander had excellent experience and 5965 flight hours. He was a citizen of Cyprus and the co-pilot was from Spain. He also stated that if the weather in Rostov-on-Don had been unsuitable, the plane simply would not have flown. The aircraft itself was new and produced in 2011, and the last inspection was on January 21. Also, al-Gheit called the non-standard situation that the plane tried to land for two hours and said that the airline was checking this information.

13:03 - And here's how events affect a variety of people. The lawyer of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko said that due to the closure of the airport in Rostov-on-Don, journalists and defenders may be late for the trial.

By the way, in connection with the crashed plane in Rostov-on-Don, the airport is closed. The media, as well as lawyers, may not get to Savchenko’s trial

Mark Feygin (@mark_feygin) March 19, 2016

12:55 - Meanwhile, the head of the administration of Rostov-on-Don, Sergei Gorban, decided to allocate lump sum payments of 200 thousand rubles to the families of those killed in the Boeing crash. On Sunday, March 20, a day of mourning has been declared in the Rostov region.

12:53 - According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, rescuers found a parametric recorder, a crashed Boeing. Speech has already been discovered earlier. Thus, the investigation now has both black boxes in its hands. Now experts are determining the status of the devices found and then decoding will begin.

12:33 - Another aviation specialist answered MKRU's question why the pilot of the crashed Boeing did not decide to leave for an alternate airfield, although the controllers spoke about strong winds, and he had already unsuccessfully tried to land the plane twice. The expert suggests that the possible losses of the airline are to blame, when landing not at the destination airport. Read material

12:12 - Meanwhile, the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel, said that work at the site of the tragedy at the Rostov-on-Don airport would be carried out all daylight hours.

12:09 - The representative of the consular department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Yevgeny Ignatovsky, specified the number of citizens of the country who were on board the crashed Boeing. There are seven adults and one child. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry promises maximum assistance to the relatives of the victims who decide to go to Rostov-on-Don. He also assured that the Consulate General of Ukraine in Russia, after the procedure for identifying the victims, would decide on the repatriation of the remains of Ukrainian citizens to Ukraine.

11:56 - According to RIA Novosti. Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Flydubai and President of the UAE Department of Civil Aviation, personally led the crisis team, which was created in connection with the crash of the Boeing.

11:54 - Meanwhile, eyewitnesses report that there are buses near the Rostov airfield that carry passengers to Krasnodar, in the event that their flights were transferred to the Krasnodar airport. And residents of Rostov-on-Don have already begun to bring flowers to the airport terminal. As for the weather. Now in Rostov-on-Don, instead of snow, it is snowing and quite heavy. This, of course, complicates the work of emergency services at the scene of the tragedy, but they continue.

11:51 - Dmitry Medvedev gave instructions to create a government commission in connection with the crash of the Boeing. She will deal with both the elimination of the consequences of the disaster and the provision of assistance to the families of the victims.

11:37 - An MK correspondent spoke with Russian experts, who named important details of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don. Check it out. We are talking, in particular, about such a phenomenon as "wind shear", which can cause a loss of lift on one of the wings, after which the aircraft falls on one wing and falls. Experts also point out that for operation in the CIS countries, these aircraft must be equipped with an alarm when bank angles are reached. At the same time, the plane just fell with a big roll. It is not yet known whether such a system was installed on this side.

11:25 - The Aeroflot website reports that all flights of this airline for arrival and departure from the airport of Rostov-on-Don are canceled. The airport itself is now closed. Part of the flights was moved to Krasnodar, the other was postponed. At the same time, Sochi International Airport announced that it was operating normally and was ready to receive flights as an alternate airfield. However, as reported, so far there is no such need.

11:00 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan confirmed the death of a citizen of this country during the crash of a Boeing. It is reported that 27-year-old Zhyldyz Nasirdinova worked on this flight as a flight attendant.

10:49 - Repeat phones hotline of the Ministry of Emergency Situations on the disaster in Rostov-on-Don: 8-863-23-99999 or 8-800-775-17-17

10:44 - FlyDubai airline clarified the citizenship of the passengers of the liner that crashed in Rostov: 44 - Russia, 8 - Ukraine, 2 - India, 1 - Uzbekistan. Only 55 people. At the same time, it turned out that a number of these passengers had a residence permit in the UAE and permanently resided in this country, but there were no UAE citizens. The citizenship of the seven crew members, in turn, was announced at the Russian Consulate General in Dubai: Spain - 2, Russia - 1, Kyrgyzstan - 1, Cyprus - 1, Seychelles - 1, Colombia - 1.

10:36 - In addition to 30 people who bought tickets to Natalie Tours, there were three tourists from the ART Tour operator on board the plane. The company has already offered condolences to the families of the victims.

10:33 - Not only specialists from the Interstate Aviation Committee, but also experts from the United Arab Emirates, the United States and France will be investigating the crash, TASS reports. These are international agreements and rules. The board was registered in the United Arab Emirates, the United States is the developer and manufacturer of Boeing aircraft, and France developed the engine for this aircraft.

10:24 - And now, in the Southern Investigation Department for Transport of the TFR, two main versions of the disaster were named: "pilot error due to worsening weather conditions or a technical malfunction." According to the latest data, the pilot tried to land the plane three times.

10:18 - According to the latest data, there were 45 Russian citizens on board the plane. Also on board were seven citizens of Ukraine, one from Uzbekistan, one from India. There were 4 children among the passengers.

10:14 - And just now it became known that the rescuers found one of the black boxes of the crashed plane. It is not yet clear what state it is in and whether it is a voice recorder or a parametric recorder, TASS reports.

10:00 - According to the recording of the conversations between pilots and controllers, there was no emergency situation. At the same time, during the negotiations, gusty winds were reported, but the crew said that turbulence was not observed. The voices of the pilots were calm.

9:51 - The REN-TV channel showed an interview with one of the eyewitnesses of the incident. He said that he saw from the window of the car how the plane was landing, while there was such a strong wind that even the car shook. He expressed bewilderment that planes landed in such a wind. He also said that the weather turned bad on Friday and was surprised that the airport was not closed.

9:44 - The site of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation could not withstand the load and is now unavailable. Too many requests because of what happened. List of passengers You can also look at the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Rostov Region, it is now working.

9:39 - Citizens of Ukraine were also on board the Boeing. True, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the Ukrainian consulate report different data. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says about 7 citizens, the consulate says that 8 citizens of Ukraine were killed.

9:35 - And now it turns out that the plane was supposed to deliver back to Dubai from Rostov-on-Don 140 tourists. And there are many children among them. Now the passengers of this flight are now traveling by bus to Krasndora, where the airline will send another flight for them. But it is possible that many will refuse to fly, after what happened.

9:28 - Very often, after such disasters, photographs appear on the Web that passengers took on the eve of departure. This is how one of the passengers of this flight, Daria Kolosova, was photographed the day before departure near the hotel in Dubai, where she apparently stayed with her family.

9:21 - So, what is known now about the crash itself and the versions of what happened. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the plane was destroyed upon impact with the ground at the very beginning of the runway, after which it caught fire. At the same time, eyewitnesses say that they saw a flash just before the plane crashed, and after that an explosion followed. The Ministry of Transport is talking about difficult weather conditions and a possible pilot error. However, a law enforcement source told Interfax that it could also be a technical malfunction, since the pilots tried to land the plane as early as 1:35, but then refused and circled for two hours, running out of fuel. The second landing attempt at 3:30 ended in disaster.

9:18 - According to the Federal Tourism Agency, there were 30 tourists on board the plane who bought vouchers from the Natalie Tours company. They were insured by Ingosstrakh.

9:12 - The Spanish Consulate in Rostov-on-Don confirmed the death of its citizens. It can be assumed that we are talking about crew members, the squeaks are: Alava Cruz Alejandro and Curbelo Caro Javier Alejandro.

09:00 - An updated list of passengers of flight No. 981 appeared on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.

08:58 - Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don.

08:52 - Among the seven crew members were six foreigners - Socratous Aristos, Alava Cruz Alejandro, Curbelo Caro Javier Alejandro, Confait Alex Dominic Yoram, Delacruz Laura Patricia, Nazirdinova Zhulduz, as well as Russian citizen Maxim Audrus, RIA Novosti reports.

08:49 - Relatives of the victims will be paid one million rubles each, writes TASS.

08:35 - The victims of the crash were the wife and daughter of the head of the Azov district of the Rostov region, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the regional government.

08:24 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed his support to the families of the dead passengers of flight FZ-981.

08:21 - The flight of the aircraft took place in the normal mode, the air traffic control service noted, TASS reports.

08:17 - According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the "black boxes" of the crashed liner have not yet been found.

08:11 - The remains of the dead were found at the crash site. It is noted that some of them were badly burned, Interfax writes.

07:58 - The crash of the Boeing 737-800 in Rostov-on-Don was the first plane crash for FlyDubai, TASS reports.

07:56 - The site of the Dubai airline FlyDubai was painted in mourning black and white colors. Ticket sales for all flights are temporarily suspended.

07:53 - According to a source in emergency services, all crew members are citizens of the United Arab Emirates, TASS informs.

07:39 - When a Boeing crashed in Rostov-on-Don, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly Igor Pakus and his wife were killed, Life News reports.

07:36 - 25 psychologists work with relatives of the victims of the plane crash, TASS writes.

07:25 - On the fact of the crash of the Boeing in Rostov-on-Don, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case on violation of flight safety rules.

07:22 “Families and relatives of the victims arrived on the scene. There are about 600 people in total, TASS informs.

07:21 - Citizens of Ukraine and Uzbekistan could be on board the crashed Boeing, reports Life News.

07:19 - FlyDubai airliner fell to the ground at an angle. According to TASS, the spread of bodies and debris is about 150 meters.

07:18 - Passengers heading to Rostov-on-Don are ready to receive the airports of the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody and Krasnodar, according to the National Crisis Management Center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

07:15 - Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov and head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko flew to the scene, TASS reports.

07:11 - According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there were 11 foreigners on board the crashed Boeing, including the entire crew.

06:57 - Boeing crashed at 03:41 Moscow time, 253 meters from the runway.

06:49 - Communication with the crew was lost a few seconds after the second landing approach was confirmed, Interfax reports.

06:48 - The head of the National Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, Viktor Yatsutsenko, specified that more than 700 people and 90 pieces of equipment are working at the scene.

06:45 - According to the Flightradar portal, the Boeing made ten extra laps before landing.

06:41 - The age of the collapsed "Boeing" is five years, reports RIA Novosti.

06:40 - Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that there were 55 passengers and seven crew members on board the crashed airliner.

06:30 - Ministry of Emergency Situations publishes pictures from the crash site.

06:28 - Most of those on board the crashed passenger liner were residents of Rostov-on-Don, TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

06:25 - Flydubai, the low-cost airline of the United Arab Emirates, which owned the crashed plane, has launched an investigation into the crash of the FZ981, Flydubai said in a statement on its Facebook page.

06:20 - Three passengers of the liner were foreigners, writes RIA Novosti.

06:19 - On board the aircraft were, among other things, tourists who rested on vouchers of tour operators with their whole families, Interfrax reports.

06:16 - 114 rescuers are working at the scene, according to Life News

06:12 - In Boeing-737-800 there are from 162 to 189 passenger seats ..

06:09 - The Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that there were four children on board the plane.

05:58 - According to the Flightradar website, the Boeing circled Rostov-on-Don after the first landing attempt failed. TASS estimated that it lasted about two hours.

05:57 - Became known the list of passengers who died in the crash of "Boeing" airline Flydubai in Rostov-on-Don, reports Life News.

List of passengers:

1. Larissa Allen

2. Ganna Andrieva

3. Elvira Belyakova

4. Viktor Bespechnov

5. Victoria Bevzyuk

6. Marina Bevzyuk

7. Julia Bezglasnaya

8. Sergei Bezglasny

9. Galina Bolgova

10. Alexander Bozhko

11. Olga Bozhko

12. Alina Berezina

13. Konstantin Chebotarev

14. Svetlana Chebotareva

15. Dmitry Chernov

16. Elena Chernova

17. Kirill Chistyakov

18. Oleg Chistyakov

19. Victoria Chistyakova

20. Vladimir Fedyanin

21. Valery Gamov

22. Ludmila Goncharova

23. Elena Kaliberda

24. Sergey Kaliberda

25. Olesya Karavantseva

26. Irina Karpenko

27. Katirveli Ayapan

28. Olga Klimenko

29. Pavel Koposov

30. Anastasia Koposova

31. Koposova Daria

32. Koposova Ludmila

33. Raisa Loboda

35. Siam Mohan

36. Inna Negodaeva

37. Anna Osipova

38. Galina Pakus

39. Igor Pakus

40. Alexey Shantsin

41. Irina Shantsina

42. Nikolay Shlipchenko

43. Valentina Somina

44. Manna Serhieva

45. Natalia Tarasenko

46. ​​Svitlana Tsekhelska

47. Danilo Tsikhelski

48. Pavlo Tsikhelsky

49. Natalia Veremeevskaya

50. Alexander Veremeyvsky

51. Vitaly Veremeevsky

52. Valentina Voronova

53. Larisa Zheved

54. Tatyana Kravchenko

55. Nikolay Karpenko

05:49 - This is how the route looks in online monitoring systems.

05:41 - The plane was supposed to land in Rostov at 3:49. Aircraft brand - Boeing 737-800. They were launched in 1998.

05:37 - Presumably, all the passengers of the crashed plane are Russians, RIA Novosti reports. According to the agency, the crew members are foreigners.

05:36 - The pilots of the crashed Boeing did not inform the dispatcher and ground services about the emergency situation on board the aircraft, Life News reports.

05:35 - Rescue services say that part of the wreckage of the aircraft lies at a distance of one and a half kilometers from the crash site.

05:34 - Rostov-on-Don airport is closed. Several flights were delayed, two of which were to fly to St. Petersburg, the rest - to Moscow. Flights that were supposed to arrive at the airport of Rostov-on-Don are sent to the reserve airfield in Krasnodar.

05:33 - "Boeing" collapsed on contact with the ground and an explosion occurred, according to the RF IC.

05:29 - The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation began an inspection in connection with the crash of a passenger plane in Rostov-on-Don.

05:27 - In connection with the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don, the Ministry of Emergency Situations opened a "hot line": 8-800-775-17-17. A group of psychological assistance was sent to the airport.

05:21 - The representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Igor Oder, told Interfax that there was no fire after all: parts of the aircraft were scattered within a radius of one kilometer. According to Oder, the devastating impact could have occurred when the plane caught on the runway on landing.

05:20 - News agencies report that the emergency happened during the landing approach: it fell apart and ignited.

05:15 - So far, there are two preliminary versions of what happened - bad weather conditions and pilot error. Weather monitors show that it is now raining in Rostov-on-Don, the temperature is about 6 degrees Celsius.

There have been no statements about the version of the terrorist attack yet. The aircraft was on flight FZ-981 from the United Arab Emirates. Departure at 21:45 on Friday local time.

05:10 There were 61 people on board the Boeing that crashed in Rostov-on-Don, all died, TASS reports citing a source.

04:11 - Passenger Boeing-738 crashed near Rostov-on-Don, TASS reports. According to preliminary data, the aircraft crashed while landing. There were 55 people on board.

Online magazine UFO MIR reports. At the airport of Rostov-on-Don, a Boeing-737-800 passenger plane crashed, en route from Dubai with 62 people on board. The liner landed in poor visibility and crashed 50-100 meters from the runway. On impact with the ground, the Boeing broke apart and caught fire. All on board perished.

The crash happened at 3:50 Moscow time. FlyDubai flight FZ-981 took off at 22:37 on Friday from Dubai and was due to land in Rostov-on-Don at 1:40. On the online scoreboard after the disaster, the status "awaiting arrival" was still on.

The Boeing 737-800 crashed into the ground 50-100 meters from the runway. The landing was carried out in conditions of poor visibility. In Rostov-on-Don, on the night of March 18-19, a storm warning was announced. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported strong winds with gusts up to 28 meters per second.

A video of the Boeing crash has gone viral.

The plane is believed to have landed twice. At the second attempt, near the ground, the nose of the liner sharply lifted up and it caught on the ground with its tail, a source told LifeNews.

According to the Flightradar website, the plane circled the airport for two hours, making ten additional laps.

The collision turned out to be so strong that the liner fell apart and caught fire. The wreckage was scattered over 1.5 kilometers. On board were 55 passengers, including four children, and 7 crew members. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, all of them died.

"Boeing-737-800" is controlled by two pilots. The cabin provides up to 189 seats.

All crew members were presumably foreigners, and the passengers were Russians.

Video: Rostov-on-Don Airport / 19.03.2016

The situation at the airport

After the disaster, it was decided to close the Rostov-on-Don airport until 7 am on March 20.

“Airline representatives have been notified of the cancellation of all flights. At the moment, the flight from Prague landed at the alternate airfield in Sheremetyevo, the flight from Istanbul was returned back to Istanbul,” the official representative of the airport said.

The air harbor is located in the eastern part of the city, 8 kilometers from the center. It ranks 12th in terms of passenger traffic among Russian air harbors - about 2.5 million people a year. Flights are carried out to 78 regular destinations, including international ones.

114 people are working at the scene. Of these, 80 people are employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. 31 units of equipment were pulled together.

A group of psychologists from the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance went to the airport. They will work as relatives of the dead arriving there. A TASS source reports that there are already about 600 such people.

Progress of the investigation

Video: Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don: EMERCOM hotline opened

The investigative-operational group establishes the circumstances of the disaster. The Investigative Committee of Russia initiated a criminal case under the article on “violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, resulting in the death of two or more persons through negligence” (Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code).

“Deputy Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Boris Karnaukhov flew to the crash site,” said the official representative of the department, Vladimir Markin. “To provide practical assistance, forensic specialists from the Main Directorate of Forensic Science of the Investigative Committee of Russia, who have experience in investigating aviation accidents, also flew out.”

FlyDubai, a low-cost carrier of the United Arab Emirates based in Dubai, also began its investigation. The airline's fleet consists of 50 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, all of which are new. FlyDubai flies to 90 destinations, including Russia: Moscow, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Ufa, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Tyumen, and CIS countries - Ashgabat, Almaty, Shymkent, Baku, Yerevan, Bishkek, Osh, Dushanbe, Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa. This is the first disaster in the seven-year history of the company.

The crashed Boeing has been part of the FlyDubai fleet since 2011. He made his first flight on December 21, 2010. Passenger itself, according to Planefinder.net. Boeing 737-800 is a representative of the NG (Next Generation) generation of the Boeing 737 family. The liner was developed as a replacement for the 737-400 model, and features a new wing, tail unit, digital instrument panel and more advanced engines. The Boeing 737-800 has been in operation since April 1998 and is the most popular model among all NG generation aircraft.

The most massive passenger liner

Video: The main versions of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don are named

The Boeing 737 is the most massive passenger aircraft in the history of the passenger aircraft industry. On April 16, 2014, the manufacturer delivered the eight thousandth aircraft. Boeing currently has a portfolio of nearly 4,000 aircraft of this type. It is known that FlyDubai has placed an order for 111 machines of this type. The Boeing 737 is so widely used that there are an average of 1,200 aircraft in the air at any given time, and one 737 takes off and lands every 5 seconds around the world. In fact, "Boeing 737" is the common name for more than ten types of aircraft. Produced by the Boeing Corporation since 1967. Since the start of operation, a total of 188 aircraft of this type have been lost.

In Russia, the first disaster occurred in 2008. On September 14, a Boeing 737-505 airliner of Aeroflot-Nord airline made a regular passenger flight SU821 on the Moscow-Perm route. When landing, having not flown, approximately, 11 kilometers to the Perm airport Bolshoe Savino, the liner crashed to the ground and completely collapsed. All 88 people on board were killed - 82 passengers and 6 crew members. The cause of the crash is pilot error. The crew lost their spatial orientation and inadvertently dumped the car into a tailspin.

Two weeks later, on October 1, 2008, another incident occurred with a Boeing 737. At the Khrabrovo airport in the city of Kaliningrad, an aircraft of the airline "KD avia" made an emergency landing with the landing gear retracted. As a result, none of the 138 passengers and 6 crew members were injured.

On November 17, 2013, a Boeing 737-500 airliner of Tatarstan Airlines crashed at Kazan International Airport. All 50 people on board were killed. The final official causes of the disaster are not named. According to one version, the accident occurred due to a failure of the elevator control systems. According to another, the cause was a crew error during piloting. The investigation into the crash is ongoing.

List of dead

The list of passengers on board the Boeing-737-800 of the FlyDubai airline, which crashed at the airport of Rostov-on-Don, is published on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

1. Larissa Allen

2. Zhanna Andreeva

3. Elvira Belyakova

4. Viktor Bespechnov

5. Victoria Bevzyuk

6. Marina Bevzyuk

7. Julia Bezglasnaya

8. Sergei Bezglasny

9. Galina Bolgova

10. Alexander Bozhko

11. Olga Bozhko

12. Alina Berezina

13. Konstantin Chebotarev

14. Svetlana Chebotareva

15. Dmitry Chernov

16. Elena Chernova

17. Kirill Chistyakov

18. Oleg Chistyakov

19. Victoria Chistyakova

20. Volodymyr Fedyanin

21. Valery Gamov

22. Ludmila Goncharova

23. Elena Kaliberda

24. Sergey Kaliberda

25. Olesya Karavantseva

26. Irina Karpenko

27. Anjou Catervel Ayapan

28. Olga Klimenko

29. Pavel Koposov

30. Anastasia Koposova

31. Koposova Daria

32. Koposova Ludmila

33. Raisa Loboda

35. Siam Mohan

36. Inna Negodaeva

37. Anna Osipova

38. Galina Pakus

39. Igor Pakus

40. Alexey Shantsin

41. Irina Shantsina

42. Nikolay Shlipchenko

43. Valentina Somina

44. Manna Serhieva

45. Natalia Tarasenko

46. ​​Svitlana Tsekhelska

47. Danilo Tsikhelski

48. Pavlo Tsikhelsky

49. Natalia Veremeevskaya

50. Alexander Veremeyvsky

51. Vitaly Veremeevsky

52. Valentina Voronova

53. Larisa Zheved

54. Tatyana Kravchenko

The governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that Sunday in the region will be declared a day of mourning. "The government will provide assistance to the relatives of the victims," ​​he said.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations opened a "hot line" in connection with the disaster: 8-800-775-17-17.

First footage from the Boeing crash site in Rostov-on-Don

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09:10 An audio recording of the conversations between Boeing pilots of FlyDubai has appeared on the Web. On the recording, you can hear that there are no emergency situations on board, the pilot greets the dispatchers and wishes them good morning, writes Zvezda TV channel

08:33 The cause of the crash of the Boeing aircraft near Rostov-on-Don could be a technical malfunction, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax news agency, RNS News Agency

08:22 The remains of the dead were found at the crash site of a passenger plane in Rostov-on-Don. Some of them were badly burned. This was reported by Interfax, citing a source in emergency services. “The remains of the dead were found on the spot, some of them were badly burned, work is underway to inspect the scene,” said a source, TC “Zvezda”

08:12 Boeing in Rostov-on-Don in the last seconds made an almost uncontrollable flight, falling at a high angle and with high vertical speed, an aviation industry source with experience in investigating flight accidents told RNS.

07:26 Experts do not consider the attack as a version of the cause of the crash of the Boeing-737-800 in Rostov-on-Don, REN TV reports.

The Ministry of Transport said that the cause of the tragedy could be either weather conditions or pilot error.

07:21 Before the fall of the Boeing 737-800 in Rostov-on-Don, eyewitnesses saw a powerful flash. This follows from the video, which is published on the Internet, reports TASS.

07:17 The head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Vladimir Puchkov instructed to organize communication with the embassies of the states whose citizens were on board the plane that crashed in Rostov-on-Don, Gazeta.RU reports.

“According to preliminary data, there were citizens of foreign countries on board, so get all the necessary data with the embassies, clarify and [prepare] proposals for supporting relatives,” Puchkov said at a conference call.

07:15 A day of mourning will be declared on Sunday in the Rostov region due to the plane crash. This was announced to journalists by the governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev, writes TASS.

“Tomorrow will be declared a day of mourning. The government will provide assistance to the relatives of the victims,” the governor said.

07:10 More than 500 people and more than 60 pieces of equipment were involved in the aftermath of the incident, including more than 400 people and 34 pieces of equipment from the Russian Emergencies Ministry, RNS news agency writes.

07:00 Krasnodar and Kavminvody airports have become alternate airports for passengers flying to Rostov-on-Don airport, RNS news agency reports.

06:30 More than 600 relatives of the passengers of the crashed Boeing arrived at the Rostov airport, a representative of the information policy department of the Rostov region told RIA Novosti.

“At the moment, more than 600 relatives have arrived at the airport,” the source said.

06:52 Puchkov instructed to organize transport corridors for the delivery of passengers on flights canceled due to a plane crash in Rostov, RIA Novosti reports.

06:50 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is shocked by reports of the Rostov-on-Don passenger plane crash and thoughts with the families of the victims. This was stated to TASS by his deputy official representative Farhan Haq.

06:37 Leading specialist of the weather center "Phobos" Yevgeny Tishkovets called the wind the most likely cause of the crash of the airliner, RNS news agency reports.

“The main problem is the wind, west-southwest, 12-14 meters per second, with gusts up to 18. The cloudiness is really solid ... under such conditions, aircraft, in general, can land, but the question is, with what course did he carry out this gliding path of descent.

06:20 The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said that four children were on board the crashed Boeing, REN TV reports.

According to him, specialists are now working with relatives of the victims.

06:15 Fly Dubai has begun investigating the crash of its Z981 airliner near Rostov-on-Don, according to a statement on the airline's official Facebook page, RIA Novosti reported.

“We are aware of the incident with our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don. We are investigating the details and will post updates when more details become available," the statement said.

06:10 Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations began to find fragments of the bodies of those killed in the crash of the Boeing-737-800 of the FlyDubai airline, REN TV writes.

According to rescuers, the wreckage of the liner is scattered over an area of ​​about 500 meters.

06:05 All passengers of the crashed Boeing-737-800 aircraft were Russians. The crew of the Fly Dubai airliner that crashed while landing in Rostov-on-Don consisted of foreign citizens, reports lenta.ru.

06:00 Boeing 737-800 of FlyDubai airline tried to land at the airport of Rostov-on-Don for more than two hours, having crashed during the approach to the second circle, TASS reports.

According to Flightradar24.com, after an unsuccessful first approach, the plane spent 2 hours and 9 minutes in the holding area of ​​Rostov-on-Don Airport before making a second attempt to land, which ended in a disaster.

05:50 The Rostoa-on-Don airport is closed after the crash of a Boeing 737 passenger airliner of the FlyDubai airline, RNS news agency writes.

05:40 The head of the Ministry of Transport Maxim Sokolov and the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko flew to Rostov-on-Don to the crash site of the FlyDubai Boeing 737 airliner, RNS news agency writes.

05:36 Footage of the fall and subsequent explosion of a Boeing 737-800 passenger liner near Rostov-on-Don airport appeared on the Internet, lenta.ru reports.

05:35 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation began checking the circumstances of the Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don on the morning of March 19, writes lenta.ru.

According to preliminary data, the liner collapsed on contact with the ground and an explosion occurred.

05:29 There was no fire on board the Boeing that crashed in Rostov-on-Don, it could have collapsed, catching on the runway, Igor Oder, head of the YuRC EMERCOM of Russia, told Interfax.

05:20 The Ministry of Emergency Situations opened a hotline in connection with the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.

“In connection with the plane crash in Rostov-on-Don, the Russian Emergencies Ministry opened a hotline: 8-800-775-17-17,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

A group of psychologists from the Southern Branch of the Center for Emergency Psychological Assistance has been sent to the airport.

05:13 On board the Boeing 738 (also known as the Boeing 737-800″) passenger plane that crashed in Rostov-on-Don, there were 61 people, including the crew. This was reported to TASS by the emergency services.

“According to updated information, there were 55 passengers and six crew members on board,” the source said. They all died.

04:52 The plane that crashed near Rostov-on-Don, according to preliminary data, belonged to the FlyDubai airline, writes lenta.ru

The airport's online scoreboard states that FlyDubai flight FZ-981 departed at 22:37 on Friday, March 18 and was due to arrive at 01:40, but its status is still "awaiting arrival." Vessel type - B-737-800W.

04:50 The plane could have crashed due to bad weather, REN TV reports.

“Due to difficult weather conditions - low visibility - the plane could not land the first time and went to the second circle, and then crashed during a second landing approach within the airfield zone,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

04:46 According to preliminary information, the Rostov-on-Don airport is closed due to a plane crash, a TASS source said, "The airport is closed until 06:00 Moscow time."

04:32 The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported the death of all 55 people in the crash of the Boeing, Gazeta.ru reports.

The Southern Regional Center (SRC) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the information about the crash of a Boeing passenger plane en route from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don

04:13 A passenger Boeing crashed near Rostov-on-Don, TASS reports citing a source in the region's emergency services.

"According to preliminary data, the plane crashed while landing," the source said.

All other information is being specified.