Russian Passenger Airliner Boeing 737 Crashed Sunday Nov 17,2013

 

A Boeing 737 jetliner crashed and burst into flames Nov 17,2013 Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the Russian city of Kazan,, the capital of the Tatarstan Republic, about 720 kilometers east of Moscow  killing all 50 people aboard in the latest in a string of deadly crashes across the country

 

The Tatarstan Airlines Plane was trying to make a second landing attempt when it touched the surface of the runway near the control tower, and was “destroyed and caught fire,” said Sergei Izvolky, the spokesman for the Russian aviation agency

The Emergencies Ministry said there were 44 passengers and six crew members aboard the evening flight from Moscow and all had been killed