Flydubai 737-800 crash investigation focuses on weather

摘要

A Flydubai Boeing 737-800 crashed at Russia's Rostov-on-Don Airport March 19, killing all 62 onboard. Initial focus areas by the Russian accident investigation agency included the severe weather with strong winds in the area at the time. The aircraft, which had flown from Dubai as FZ981, had been in a holding pattern for almost two hours and aborted an earlier attempt to land because of the weather. Other aircraft had also aborted landing attempts.