Russia Crew Blamed for Crash as CEO Says Pilots Unpaid for Month
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The crew of a Russian airliner that crashed in the Tatarstan capital of Kazan, killing all 50 people aboard, failed to make a “standard approach” and tried to pull up for a second attempt, a regional air safety body said.
The Boeing Co. 737-500 lost speed and nosedived after reaching a height of 700 meters (2,300 feet), hitting the ground at a speed of more than 450 kilometers (280 miles) an hour, the Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee, which oversees air safety in the Commonwealth of Independent States, said in a preliminary report released today.