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Urgent: An An-148 passenger jet crashes after taking off from Moscow: Infterfax

Xinhua,February 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plane with 71 on board crashed shortly after leaving Moscow, a source in emergency services told Interfax on Sunday.

The Antonov An-148 of Saratov Airlines was en route from Domodedovo Airport in Moscow to Orsk, the Orenburg Region.

"Tentatively, the plane has crashed near the village of Argunovo. The crew and passengers had no chance to survive," the source said. Enditem