Uzbek President expresses condolences to his Russian counterpart

As reported earlier, a passenger plane Boeing 737 of Tatarstan Airlines, which was carrying flight from Moscow to Kazan, crashed at an international airport in Kazan on 17 November.

The incident took place in 19:45 local time. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the airplane exploded after it touched the land.

The Emergencies Ministry said there were 44 passengers and six crew members on the flight and all of them died in the result of the accident. Among the dead was Irek Minnikhanov, a son of the president of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and head of local Department of Federal Security Service Aleksandr Antonov.