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Flydubai Flight 981 had traveled from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don with 61 people aboard.
All people on board have died, Russian state news agency Tass reported, citing an official at the emergency center. Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov told media that 55 passengers and six crew members had been on board the jet, which crashed while attempting to land for the second time. It was scheduled to land at 6:20 p.m. ET (1:20 a.m. Moscow time), but went down at 8:50 p.m. ET (3:50 a.m.), Puchkov said.
Rostov-on-Don airport had been closed and teams of medics and psychologists are on standby to give assistant to family members, he said.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations said it had deployed 80 rescuers to the site of the crash.
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