Search work continues at crash site of Boeing flydubai

Rescuers re-examine the crash area of ​​the Boeing airline flydubai in Rostov-on-Don.

Rescuers are re-examining the crash area of ​​a Boeing 737-800 passenger plane at Rostov-on-Don Airport, the Emergencies Ministry press service said.
Earlier, the head of the department set the task of re-examining every centimeter of the disaster zone.

"Rescuers additionally examine the territory for fragments of the bodies of the dead," said the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies.

According to him, the number of groups involved in the emergency response is not decreasing. “Its number is more than 840 people and 170 pieces of equipment, including 610 people from the Russian Emergencies Ministry and 90 pieces of equipment,” the Ministry of Emergencies said.

To date, an area of ​​10 hectares has been examined, including using the Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, 183 fragments of the bodies of the dead and two flight recorders have been discovered.

Flydubai's Boeing 737-800 flying from Dubai crashed in Rostov-on-Don at 3.42 on Saturday. The plane crashed to the left of the runway when landing in low visibility conditions. The Investigative Committee considers three main versions of the crash: technical malfunction, difficult weather conditions, crew error. Onboard there were 55 passengers and 7 crew members. They all died.

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