Russia & CIS

The recent crash of the passenger jetliner in Rostov raised questions about the quality of foreign aircraft. Domestic aircraft, as well as air transportation standards, have always aroused more confidence with Russian aviators than foreign airplanes. When a Russian passenger buys an airplane ticket, they support the aviation industry of the West

Russia was destroying its defense industry purposefully during the 1990s. The then Russian administration believed that Russia had no enemy at all. The demilitarization of the economy cost Russia a lot. Luckily, the country woke up on time. Nowadays, the revival of the Russian defense industry is in full swing

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is preparing to send a team of investigators to Russia to assist in the probe of a recent crash involving a Boeing passenger jet operated by FlyDubai.

A FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 plane coming from Dubai crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting to land amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV).

The company behind the Boeing 737 engine design told Sputnik on Saturday it was unaware of any technical issues connected with the engine that would be hazardous for FlyDubai’s Boeing flight.

A terrible incident marked this weekend in Russia – the FlyDubai Boeing-737-800 crashed in the early hours on Saturday in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 62 people on board. Sputnik takes a closer look at what could have caused the crash.

Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Saturday he did not have information about possible technical faults aboard FlyDubai’s passenger jet prior to its crash in Rostov-on-Don.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Saturday it would assist Russia's investigation into a failed landing of a passenger jet operated by a Dubai-based air carrier that crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

Russia marks the Day of the Submariner on March 19. The date was not chosen by chance - it was on this day in 1906 that the submarines in the Russian Navy were ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to be allocated as a separate class of warships.

Participants of the global ecological campaign in Russia's big cities will commemorate passengers of the FlyDubai plane killed in the crash on Saturday.

The "main phase" of the search operation at the scene of the FlyDubai plane crash near Russia's southern city of Rostov-on-Don has been finished, the Russian emergencies minister said Saturday.

Boeing has set up a commission to provide the Russian investigation into FlyDubai flight FZ981 crash with technical consultations, the company said in a statement.

Russia’s transport watchdog will inspect operations of UAE-based FlyDubai carrier in Russia after a deadly crash of Boeing 737-800.

The flight recorders from the FlyDubai FZ981 flight which crashed in Russia on its way from Dubai are in good condition, a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee said Saturday.

The investigation into the deadly plane crash in southern Russia will take about two months, a spokeswoman for Russia's Investigative Committee said Saturday.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that a Spanish citizen was one of the pilots of the FZ981 flight which crashed in Russia on its way from Dubai.

The head of Spanish consular mission to Russia in Rostov-on-Don has arrived at the scene of the FlyDubai plane crash, the Spanish Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Saturday.

The Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that two Spanish citizens were among the crew members of the crashed FlyDubai Boeing in Russia.

The crashed FlyDubai Boeing's pilot did not send SOS messages, the company's CEO said. Ghaith al-Ghaith ruled out a bomb attack as a possible cause of the plane's crash in Russia.

The first Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopter, adapted for freezing Arctic weather conditions, has been delivered to the Russian Armed Forces by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in southeastern Russia, Zvezda TV reported on Friday.