Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12
Trend:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with the crash of the An-148 passenger aircraft, Turkish media reported.
"I express my condolences to all the Russian people, wish patience to the families of the victims", Erdogan said.
The An-148 passenger plane of the Saratov Airlines [flight 730 from Moscow to Orsk] took off from the Domodedovo airport at 14:21 Moscow time. According to preliminary data, there were 65 passengers and six crew members aboard the plane. Radio contact with the plane was lost several minutes after the takeoff and the plane went out of the radars. As reported by TASS, as a result of the plane crash there are no survivors.