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A passenger jet from Dubai has crashed on landing in southern Russia, killing all on board.
Flydubai flight 981 was carrying 55 passengers and six crew when it crashed in Rostov-on-Don on Saturday [NZ time], an official at Russia's emergency centre told state news agency Tass.
Air-traffic control and local emergency services said the Boeing 738 was on its second approach to the runway in bad weather.
http://www.stuff.co....ng-all-on-board
Video of crash
http://www.news.com....fd56ab32adaf021
https://twitter.com/...004527286210560
RIP to all the souls onboard.
Flydubai jet crashes in Russia
Started by Chubby Bear, Mar 19 2016 04:08 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 04:08 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 04:48 AM
RIP
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 05:49 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 06:48 AM
I was on Twitter earlier, when AirlineGeeks.com and Airways News was tweeting it all out at first, as an unconfirmed crash, and my heart sank when it was confirmed a few short minutes later. What really struck me was that someone retweeted a gif of footage from the airport's security camera, capturing what happened to the jet. A bit dark though, but I could make it out that it basically fell out of the sky, and crashed into a fireball on the ground. The gif's already removed, so good luck trying to find it. I highly doubt that there are any survivors from both a possible stall, and from the intense explosion.
Godspeed to those on FZ981.
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 07:17 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 09:24 AM
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My condolences to those on-board FZ981. May their Souls Rest in Peace.
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 09:24 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 09:45 AM
Photos starting to appear online, doesn't seem like there is much left....
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 10:04 AM
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Posted 19 March 2016 - 11:15 PM
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Today is a really sad day for aviation.
Besides the Flydubai, a small plane crashed in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing 7 people 
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Posted 20 March 2016 - 07:39 AM
You know what's funny, I found lots of russian on other website blaming the crash on Ukraine, the US, ISIS, and even the Jews. I wonder how people could still use this accident as a tool to spread their racism.
Anyway, RIP.
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Posted 20 March 2016 - 02:05 PM
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Hold on, if it stalled then it had same faith as the TK B738 some years ago at AMS.
Same type, completely different situation. There was a huge crosswind and I'd assume a bit of a headwind with it. If there was the possibility of a microburst, I wouldn't be surprised. Also, the Turkish flight belly landed, this one seems to have just exploded on touchdown (off the runways). Very sad indeed, hopefully 2016 aviation doesn't continue like this.
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Posted 20 March 2016 - 03:01 PM
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Same type, completely different situation. There was a huge crosswind and I'd assume a bit of a headwind with it. If there was the possibility of a microburst, I wouldn't be surprised. Also, the Turkish flight belly landed, this one seems to have just exploded on touchdown (off the runways). Very sad indeed, hopefully 2016 aviation doesn't continue like this.
I agree, I think it could also be spacial disorientation as a cause or at least partly to blame
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