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| 'No survivors' as Saratov Airlines plane with 71 aboard crashes in Moscow region shortly after take off | |
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| A plane with 71 people on board has crashed in the Moscow region, leaving no survivors, it has been reported. | A plane with 71 people on board has crashed in the Moscow region, leaving no survivors, it has been reported. |
| The Saratov Airlines plane went missing from radars minutes after taking off from Domodedovo airport. | |
| The plane, which was flying to the Russian city of Orsk, had 65 passengers and six crew aboard and is reported to have crashed near the Argunovo village. | |
| It began descending at 3,300 feet per minute soon after starting its journey, Flightradar24, an air traffic website, posted on Twitter | |
| Witnesses in the village told local media they had seen the plane on fire falling from the sky. | |
| Russian state news agency Tass said the authorities had confirmed that fragments of the crashed airliner had been found. | |
| "Debris has been found, there are no survivors," Tass quoted a source as saying. | |
| Fragments were found in the Ramenskoye area about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the airport. | |
| It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. The Russian Transport Ministry was considering various possible reasons, including weather conditions and pilot error, Interfax said. | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences and pledged to create a commission to investigate the crash, according to state-run news agency RIA Novosti. | |
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