62 people killed as FlyDubai plane crashes in Russia during landing

At least 62 people have been died after a FlyDubai plane crashed during an attempted landing in the Russia city of Rostov-on-Don, Russian officials said.

According to Russian emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Dubai based  budget career FlyDubai, crashed at 03:50 at the airport of Rostov-on-Don, a city of Russia. Officials said there were 55 passengers and six crew members on board the plane.

"Unfortunately the all died," said Viktor Yanutsenko, an emergency ministry official said.

"The aircraft hit the ground and broke into pieces," the committee said in the statement on its website.

The local officials said at the same time of the crash, there was strong, gusty winds in the Rostov area.

The aircraft had to abandon an initial attempt to land at Rostov, its scheduled destination and came down while making a repeat attempt according to the officials.

The plane came down inside the airport's perimeter's, about 250 meters short of the start of the runway.

Most of the passengers on board were Russians, the regional governor said on television.