Spanish Consulate gathers data on Spaniards killed in FlyDubai crash

  19 March 2016    Read: 1182
Spanish Consulate gathers data on Spaniards killed in FlyDubai crash
An emergencies source told RIA Novosti that the plane
The Consulate of Spain in Rostov-on-Don is gathering information on Spanish citizens who could have been killed in the crash of FlyDubai flight 981 in Russia’s Rostov Region, a spokesperson for the consulate told Sputnik Saturday.

"We are actively involved in this right now. According to our information there are victims [from Spain]," the spokesperson for the Consulate of Spain said.

FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 coming from Dubai with 55 passengers on board crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting landing amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV). All people on board the aircraft were killed in the crash.

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