MOSCOW: The crash of a Russian passenger jet carrying 71 people outside Moscow on Sunday is the latest in a number of recent deadly Russian air disasters. Nov 17: A Boeing 737 owned by Russian company Tatarstan crashes at Kazan airport while travelling from Moscow, killing 50 passengers and crew. April 10: All 96 people aboard a Tupolev-154 Polish air force plane carrying Poland's president and other top Polish officials die in a crash near Smolensk, Russia. The cause of the crash is put down to bad weather and errors by the Polish pilot and Russian air controllers. Sept 14: Eighty-eight people are killed when an Aeroflot Boeing-737 crashes on approach to Perm International Airport near the Ural Mountains.

Source: New Strait Times February 12, 2018 01:52 UTC