A passenger plane crashed
yesterday at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on
board, including two children. The Boeing 737 had taken off from Moscow, and
was reportedly trying to land but exploded on impact. Reports said the pilot
had already tried to land twice before - and crashed on the third attempt. According
to a passenger list posted to Russian news websites, among the dead was Irek
Minnikhanov, a son of the president of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan,. Russian
President Vladimir Putin has expressed his condolences to the relatives of the
victims, just as a government commission is being set up to investigate the
cause. Russian investigators sifted through the charred remains of a Boeing 737
airliner on Monday in the search for clues about what caused it to crash and burst
into flames killing all on board. Sunday's crash raised new concerns about
Russia's poor safety record as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics in the
southern city of Sochi in February, an event on which President Vladimir Putin
has staked a lot of personal political prestige.
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