Russian plane crashes near Moscow, killing all 71 aboard
A Russian plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow shortly after take-off Sunday afternoon, killing all on board. Flight 703, operated by the Russian regional carrier Saratov Airlines, was carrying 65 passengers and 6 crew members. The plane went down near the village of Stepanovskoe, about 50 miles southeast of Moscow in the Ramenskoye District, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry. There were no survivors, Moscow’s regional transportation prosecutor-general confirmed. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. The Russian aviation authority said the flight departed at 2:21pm from Domodedovo. The Antonov AN-148, a small regional jet, was headed to the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, about 1,000 miles southeast of Moscow, near the border with Kazakhstan. <br/>
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Russian plane crashes near Moscow, killing all 71 aboard
A Russian plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow shortly after take-off Sunday afternoon, killing all on board. Flight 703, operated by the Russian regional carrier Saratov Airlines, was carrying 65 passengers and 6 crew members. The plane went down near the village of Stepanovskoe, about 50 miles southeast of Moscow in the Ramenskoye District, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry. There were no survivors, Moscow’s regional transportation prosecutor-general confirmed. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. The Russian aviation authority said the flight departed at 2:21pm from Domodedovo. The Antonov AN-148, a small regional jet, was headed to the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region, about 1,000 miles southeast of Moscow, near the border with Kazakhstan. <br/>
