Eight Ukrainians were on board of Boeing crashed in Rostov-on-Don
Eight Ukrainian citizens have been killed in a Flydubai Boeing crash at 3:50 a.m. today while on the second approach to land at the Rostov-on-Don airport (Russia), according to the latest reports.
"According to the latest reports, eight Ukrainians have been killed – seven adults and one child. The number of killed Ukrainian citizens could be more," First Secretary of the consulate service department of Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Yevhen Ihnatovsky told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday.
Ihnatovsky said on the 112 Ukraine television network that the ministry is taking measures to inform the relatives of the victims.
After the bodies are identified the Ukrainian consulate in Rostov-on-Don jointly with relatives will help to repatriate the remains to Ukraine.
The crash of a Flydubai Boeing 737 passenger jet at the Rostov airport on Saturday, March 19, morning has claimed the lives of 61 people.
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