History: Flydubai Flight 981
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| Date | 19 March 2016 | ||
| Type : | under investigation | ||
| Location : | Rostov on Don Airport, Rostov on Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia | ||
| Passengers : | 55 | ||
| Crew : | 7 | ||
| Fatalities : | 62 (all) | ||
| Survivors : | 0 | ||
| Aircraft involved : | Boeing 737-800 | ||
| Operator : | Flydubai | ||
| Aircraft registration : | A6-FDN | ||
| Flight origin : | Dubai | ||
| Destination : | Rostov on Don | ||
Flydubai Flight 981 (FZ981/FDB981) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, to Rostov on Don, Russia. The aircraft that flew this route on 19 March 2016, a Boeing 737-800 crashed after two unsuccessful landing attempts at Rostov on Don Airport in adverse weather conditions. At time time of the crash the aircraft has just started climbing to 4000 feet after its second aborted landing attempt when for yet unknown reasons rapidly descended and crashed on the runway. All 62 passengers and crew lost their lives.
This was the first fatal incident in the eight year history of Flydubai.
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