Dubai: Flydubai has confirmed the names of the 62 on board flight 981 who died on Saturday when the plane crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
The flight crashed and exploded in the early hours of Saturday morning trying to land for a second time at the city’s airport killing all passengers and crew on board.
The airline released the passenger and crew manifest late on Tuesday night having earlier said it would only do so once it had contacted the families of all the victims.
"Flydubai confirms, with great sadness, the 62 fatalities as a result of the tragic accident of flight FZ981. This confirmation is made after contacting each family member. flydubai confirms the names of those who sadly lost their lives on Saturday March 19 2016, the airline said on its website.
The two manifests match, however, with some slight variations due to Russia’s manifest being released in Russian and translated into English. Flydubai’s list also confirms the nationalities of the crew members, which the airline had already released. The Russian list only identified one crew member as Russian and the other six as foreign citizens.
“flydubai would like to express once again its deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy. The families of all those who have been affected by flight FZ981 remain our top priority,” flydubai chief executive Gaith Al Gaith said in a statement on Tuesday.
There were 44 Russians among the 55 passengers on board, there were also eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbekistan. They were 33 women, 18 men and four children. There were 7 crew members on board including two pilots. The pilots were from Spain and Cyprus. The five cabin crew members were each from Spain, Russia, Columbia, Seychelles and Kyrgyzstan.
23/03/16 Alexander Cornwell/Gulf News
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The flight crashed and exploded in the early hours of Saturday morning trying to land for a second time at the city’s airport killing all passengers and crew on board.
The airline released the passenger and crew manifest late on Tuesday night having earlier said it would only do so once it had contacted the families of all the victims.
"Flydubai confirms, with great sadness, the 62 fatalities as a result of the tragic accident of flight FZ981. This confirmation is made after contacting each family member. flydubai confirms the names of those who sadly lost their lives on Saturday March 19 2016, the airline said on its website.
The two manifests match, however, with some slight variations due to Russia’s manifest being released in Russian and translated into English. Flydubai’s list also confirms the nationalities of the crew members, which the airline had already released. The Russian list only identified one crew member as Russian and the other six as foreign citizens.
“flydubai would like to express once again its deepest sympathies to all those who have lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy. The families of all those who have been affected by flight FZ981 remain our top priority,” flydubai chief executive Gaith Al Gaith said in a statement on Tuesday.
There were 44 Russians among the 55 passengers on board, there were also eight Ukrainians, two Indians and one Uzbekistan. They were 33 women, 18 men and four children. There were 7 crew members on board including two pilots. The pilots were from Spain and Cyprus. The five cabin crew members were each from Spain, Russia, Columbia, Seychelles and Kyrgyzstan.
23/03/16 Alexander Cornwell/Gulf News
