Russia may amend its civil aviation rules after FlyDubai plane crash

Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered officials Monday to examine whether Russia’s flight safety rules need to be tightened up after a passenger jet crashed in southern Russia, killing all 62 people on board. Medvedev told the govt to analyse the reasons behind the crash. “If there are some technological issues, then they should be analysed and, at the conclusion of that analysis, proposals should be made to the govt so that some amendments can be made to technical equipment ... or to the rules in our country’s aviation," he said. Two main theories being considered by investigators were possible pilot error or a technical failure. Investigators are likely to focus, among other issues, on how the decision to land was reached, and why the plane circled above the airport in a holding pattern for more than 2 hours. <br/>