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Commander of Crashed FlyDubai Boeing Cypriot Citizen - Prosecutor's Office

© REUTERS / Sergei PivovarovMembers of operative services are seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, the point of destination of a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 which crashed in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016.
Members of operative services are seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, the point of destination of a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 which crashed in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The crashed FlyDubai Boeing's crew commander was a Cyprian citizen, according to the Russian transport prosecutor's office.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The crew commander of the crashed Boeing 737-800 was a Cyprian national, the Russian transport prosecutor's office said on Saturday.

"55 passengers and seven crew members have died. Six out of seven crew members were foreigners. The crew commander was a national of Cyprus," the spokesman for the prosecutor's office told RIA Novosti.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Emergencies Ministry published a list of the people on board the crashed Boeing.

FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 plane coming from Dubai crashed at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) on Saturday while attempting landing amid poor weather conditions at the Rostov-on-Don Airport (ROV).

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