Wow :(

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/18/europe/russia-plane-crash/index.html

Wow...that's awful news.

Very sad   RIP to all. 

Thoughts and prayers for all those affected. 

Terrible news. i don't know the stats, and maybe it's just because of increased media coverage, but the past few years have been awful in aviation.

Terrible news. Condolences to all affected. 

 

 

 

i don't know the stats, and maybe it's just because of increased media coverage, but the past few years have been awful in aviation.

 

Looking at statistics, the couple of last years were the safest in the history actually.

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More stats: http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/07/travel/aviation-data/

Very sad news indeed! I hope an open, transparent and unbiased enquiry will take place.

 

Condolences to those involved.

Apparently they were holding for about 2 hours before attempting to land. Some things i just don't understand.

This one might be shocking for some people... A TV camera actually captured the moment it hit the ground...

 

Friend of mine works for that airline in Dubai, on the ground. Just received a text. Distraught.

 

R.I.P. to all.

Harrowing... R.I.P to all souls on board.

Not a controlled attempt at a landing.  Icing?  They had been holding for a long time.  And if they were based in Dubai.  Guess we will see.

Looks awfully similar to Tartastan's 737 crash in Kazan, Russia in November 2013. Very similar marginal-night conditions, very similar video of airplane hitting ground nose first at steep angle. And we know what happened then - botched go-around procedure.

Looks awfully similar to Tartastan's 737 crash in Kazan, Russia in November 2013. Very similar marginal-night conditions, very similar video of airplane hitting ground nose first at steep angle. And we know what happened then - botched go-around procedure.

Exactly my thoughts.  So sad to see.  Only thing left to hope for is a learning experience as to prevent another incident.  RIP.

From reports over on Flghtaware, it apparently was circling the field for about 2 hours, other aircraft had diverted, due to the weather. When it finally did descend it came down at about 6000fpm from FL210. It attempted to land, but had to go around, which at some point it lost altitude and came down at about 21000fpm, according to radar.

 

The flight profile.

 

Now, those "up & downs" on the speed at FL160 or so must be the effect of the wind during the hold right? If you count there's about 10 cycles, times 4 minutes, that's 40 minutes which approximately corresponds to what you see there.