Russian plane crashes in Kazan, killing 50: official

[whatmeworry]

Just in off the wire. I heard it was the third landing attempt not the second.

Moscow: A Russian passenger airliner crashed on Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 people aboard, officials said.
The Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed about 7.20pm local time (1520 GMT). There were no immediate indications of the cause.
Reports said the plane appeared to lose altitude as it was making a second landing attempt, crashing and catching fire.

www.theage.com.au - Russian plane crashes in Kazan, killing 50: official

 

[MrHyde]

Information up on AVHerald as well - Crash: Tatarstan B735 at Kazan on Nov 17th 2013, crashed on landing

A Tatarstan Boeing 737-500 on behalf of Ak Bars Aero, registration VQ-BBN performing flight U9-363/2B-363 from Moscow Domodedovo to Kazan (Russia) with 44 passengers and 6 crew, crashed on touchdown on Kazan's runway 29 and burst into flames at 19:25L (15:25Z). The aircraft came to rest between runway and taxiway (former runway 11L/29R), all occupants perished in the accident.