Russian plane crash: footage emerges of wreckage

Описание: A Boeing-737 plane crashes at Kazan airport in Russia, killing 50 including a British woman.

A British citizen was among 50 people killed when a Boeing 737 operated by a Russian airline crashed while attempting to land in Russia's Volga city of Kazan, the emergencies ministry has said.

Donna Carolina Bull, 53, was on the list of the 44 passengers and six crew travelling on the Tatarstan Airlines plane who were all killed in the disaster on Sunday evening, it said.

Emergencies ministry spokeswoman Irina Rossius told the Interfax news agency that along with the Briton a Ukrainian citizen was killed in the accident. The rest of those killed are believed to be Russian citizens.

Russian investigators are combing through the charred fragments of a Boeing 737 jetliner as they try to determine what caused its crash.

The plane belonging to the Tatarstan Airlines crashed on Sunday while trying to land at its home port in the Russian city of Kazan, the capital of the oil-rich province of Tatarstan. The son of the provincial governor was among the victims.

Alexander Poltinin, the head of the local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee, said the plane crashed while making a second attempt at landing. He said the investigators are trying to determine why the crew couldn't land the first time.

Mr Poltinin said the investigators are looking into a possible pilot error or an equipment failure.




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