Flydubai Release Statement Confirming Crash Of Flight FZ981

Flydubai confirms in a statement on Saturday that its plane has crashed during landing while on a route from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia. The budget airline confirmed there were fatalities and provided emergency numbers for worried relatives to get in touch with the airline. Russian investigators confirmed that all 62 people on board were killed, raising the initial toll by one. Russian officials said that all 62 people on board the passenger jet were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport. Russia's emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, crashed at 03:50 local time - 0050 GMT. An advisor to the Russian transport minister, told state television that possible causes of the crash included pilot error and poor weather conditions. Local officials said at the time of the crash, there was strong, gusting wind in the Rostov area. The plane came down inside the airport's perimeter, about 250 meters from the runway.