DUBAI: Flydubai, the Dubai-based low-cost airline, has announced it is organizing a program of hardship payments to the families of the passengers of the plane which crashed at the Rostov-on-Don Airport in Russia on Saturday.
The airline announced that it would allocate $20,000 per passenger, in accordance with the Conditions of Carriage, the airline said in a statement released on its website.
The move aims to address any immediate financial needs of the affected families. The crash is believed to have killed all 62 passengers and crew on board.
“At present, our priority is to identify and contact the families of those lost in the tragic accident, and provide immediate support to those affected,” Flydubai said in a statement released on Sunday.
The pilots had expressed concerns over weather conditions, an air traffic control recording has allegedly revealed.
One of the pilots in the seven-minute recording can be heard asking whether the “weather is better” as they approached Rostov-on-Don airport.
In the recording, allegedly a conversation between the pilots and air traffic controllers, the pilots are asked repeatedly about their visibility and can be heard saying it is around 5 km.
Also in the recording, obtained by the UK’s Daily Mail, the pilots asked to receive any information about changes on the ground.
The Investigative Committee of Russia said it is looking into a pilot error or a technical failure as the most likely causes for the plane crash, Russian news agencies reported.
Vasily Golubev, governor of the Rostov region, said on Saturday that the plane crashed around 800 feet short of the runway.
He added: "By all appearances, the cause of the air crash was the strongly gusting wind, approaching a hurricane level."
Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al-Ghaith, said: “Our primary concern is for the families of the passengers and crew who were on board. Al-Ghaith said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, but officials have suggested it could have been caused by pilot error, a technical problem or strong winds at the airport.
Meanwhile, the flight recorders from the jet are badly damaged and could take up to a month to decode, Russia's airline regulator said.
The airline announced that it would allocate $20,000 per passenger, in accordance with the Conditions of Carriage, the airline said in a statement released on its website.
The move aims to address any immediate financial needs of the affected families. The crash is believed to have killed all 62 passengers and crew on board.
“At present, our priority is to identify and contact the families of those lost in the tragic accident, and provide immediate support to those affected,” Flydubai said in a statement released on Sunday.
The pilots had expressed concerns over weather conditions, an air traffic control recording has allegedly revealed.
One of the pilots in the seven-minute recording can be heard asking whether the “weather is better” as they approached Rostov-on-Don airport.
In the recording, allegedly a conversation between the pilots and air traffic controllers, the pilots are asked repeatedly about their visibility and can be heard saying it is around 5 km.
Also in the recording, obtained by the UK’s Daily Mail, the pilots asked to receive any information about changes on the ground.
The Investigative Committee of Russia said it is looking into a pilot error or a technical failure as the most likely causes for the plane crash, Russian news agencies reported.
Vasily Golubev, governor of the Rostov region, said on Saturday that the plane crashed around 800 feet short of the runway.
He added: "By all appearances, the cause of the air crash was the strongly gusting wind, approaching a hurricane level."
Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al-Ghaith, said: “Our primary concern is for the families of the passengers and crew who were on board. Al-Ghaith said it was too early to determine the cause of the crash, but officials have suggested it could have been caused by pilot error, a technical problem or strong winds at the airport.
Meanwhile, the flight recorders from the jet are badly damaged and could take up to a month to decode, Russia's airline regulator said.
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