Russia Russian passenger plane crashes outside Moscow, killing 71 Saratov Airlines flight 6W703 crashes after take off from Domodedovo airport, leaving no survivors Play Video 0:36 Debris from crashed Russian plane found 50 miles from Moscow – videoMore than 70 people died when a Russian passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on Sunday, officials say. Emergency services officials told the Tass news agency there were no survivors. A source from Russia’s emergency services told Interfax the 71 people on board had no chance of survival. Russian state television aired a video of the crash site, showing parts of the wreckage in the snow. The governor of the Orenburg region, which the plane was flying to, told Russian media more than 60 people on the plane were from the region.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2018 13:11 UTC