A Russian domestic passenger plane crashed shortly after taking off from a Moscow airport on February 11, killing all 71 people on board, Russian authorities say. "Sixty-five passengers and six crew members were on board, and all of them died," Russia's Office of Transport Investigations said in a statement. The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city some 1,500 kilometers (1,000 miles) southeast of Moscow. According to the news agency, the plane re-entered service for Saratov Airlines in February 2017. An onboard bomb destroyed a Russian Metrojet airliner soon after taking off from Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh resort, killing 224 people in October 2015.
An Antonov An-148 of Saratov Airlines with 71 people on board crashes shortly after take-off from Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia. The TASS agency cites an emergency source stating that none of the 65 passengers and 6 crew members has survived.