Early probe finds no technical fault in FlyDubai jet crash

AP , Tuesday 29 Mar 2016

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The Boeing 737-800 crashed on landing in Russia's Rostov-on-Don early March 19, killing all 62 people on board. (File Photo: Reuters)

A task force investigating the crash of a FlyDubai jet in southern Russia says an early probe did not find any technical faults in the plane.

The Boeing 737-800 crashed on landing in Russia's Rostov-on-Don early March 19, killing all 62 people on board.

The Inter-State Aviation Committee investigating the crash said in a statement Tuesday that the readout from the plane's flight recorders showed no technical faults in the engine or other elements of the plane. The investigators, however, stopped short of citing a cause of the crash at this stage.

Several planes had trouble landing at the airport due to strong winds at the time of the crash.

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