FlyDubai jet obliterated by 'hurricane-force winds' as rescue crews forced to bring in dogs to search for remains: 62 dead in Russian plane disaster after Boeing 737 crashed in a fireball as it tried to land

FlyDubai flight FZ981 was carrying 55 passengers and seven crew members from Dubai when it crashed at Rostov-on-Don airport around 4am Moscow time. Four children were among those killed in the smash, which happened as the plane attempted to land for a second time in bad weather conditions. Vasily Golubev, the governor of the Rostov region, this afternoon revealed that the plane, which was carrying 55 passengers and seven crew members, crashed about 800ft short of the runway. Emergency services were this morning at the airport attempting to clear up the debris from the Boeing 737, with some officials forced to use dogs (above) to search through the obliterated plane.