71 dead, no survivors in Russian plane crash: investigators

Moscow (AFP) – All 71 people aboard a Russian passenger plane that crashed outside Moscow on Sunday were killed in the disaster, investigators said.

“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 Antonov An-128 disappeared from radar screens four minutes after taking off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, the office added.