Russian plane crashes near Moscow; all 71 aboard killed

A Russian passenger jet crashed minutes after takeoff from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board, Russia’s Air Transport Agency confirmed.

“Fragments of the An-148 and several bodies have been found near the village of Stepanovskoye,” the agency said in a statement. The cockpit voice recorder and parts of the fuselage also have been retrieved, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported.

Saratov Airlines Flight 703, with 65 passengers and a crew of six, was bound for Orsk when it departed Moscow. Radio contact was lost several minutes after takeoff.