Investigators scoured the scene today after a passenger plane crashed near Moscow minutes after take-off, killing all 71 people on board in one of Russia's worst-ever plane crashes. A Swiss citizen and a citizen of Azerbaijan were among the fatalities on a list released by the emergency services ministry. Also read PM Modi condoles loss of lives in Russian plane crashThe flight was operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines and was headed for Orsk, a city in the Ural mountains. The emergency services ministry said at least one of the two black boxes had been found. With wreckage of the plane spread over more than 30 hectares around the crash site, it will take a week to inspect the whole area, the emergency services ministry said.

Source: dna February 12, 2018 12:47 UTC