Boeing 737 crashes in Russia 'killing 44 passengers and crew'
- Flight was landing at airport in Kazan when plane crashed
- Boeing 737 aircraft believed to have caught fire after crash landing
- Plane had taken off from Domodedovo airport in Moscow
A Boeing 737 aircraft on a domestic flight in Russia has crashed, killing 44 passengers and 6 crew, according to reports.
More than 40 people were feared dead in the horror crash, believed to have taken place when the plane was landing at an airport in Kazan, located in Tartarstan, in the in the west of the country.
The plane, which took off from Domodedovo airport in Moscow, crashed at 7.20pm, or 3.20pm GMT, today, according to the local branch of Russia's emergency situations ministry.
Emergency: A Boeing 737 plane, similar to the one pictured, has crash landed in Kazan, Russia, killing 44 people (file picture)
Initial information from the crash site suggested that all 44 people on board, among them passengers and 6 crew had been killed.
The aircraft, belonging to Tatarstan Airlines, was believed to have caught fire after crash landing.
There were no immediate indications of what may have caused the crash.
