BREAKING NEWS: 50 Killed as Russian Plane Crashes

A Russian passenger airliner Boeing 737 from Moscow Domodedovo airport crashed Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the city of Kazan. Officials said all 50 people aboard were killed.

The Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed about 7.20 pm local time (3.20pm GMT; 10.20am EST). There were no immediate indications of what may have caused the crash. Weather in the city soon after the crash was reported to be light precipitation and winds of about 18 mph.

Kazan is 450 miles east of Moscow, where the flight originated.

A spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry, Irina Rossius, said there were 44 passengers and six crew members aboard and all had been killed.

Russia's last plane crash came in January, when a Russian-made Tupolev belonging to Red Wings airline careered off the runway at Moscow's Vnukovo airport, rolled across a snowy field and slammed into the slope of a nearby highway, breaking into pieces and catching fire. Investigators say equipment failure caused that crash, in which five people were killed.

The Guardian