In the Ural Mountains when it came down near the village of argunovo shortly after first taking off. Sarah rainsford reports. The remains of flight 703 are scattered in the snow in fields just outside moscow, the fragments of a plane that plunged to the ground minutes after take off. Everyone on board has been killed. The aircraft was an antonov148 operated by the regional saratov airlines. It says the plane itself, shown here, was just eight years old and the pilot was experienced. The flight took off from moscow, heading for orsk in southern russia. It disappeared from radars moments later. There was no emergency call from the crew. In orsk tonight, there is despair. Relatives of the 71 passengers and crew have been gathering but they have been told theres no hope of any survivors. Medics have been sent to help calm and comfort them. At the crash site outside moscow, the debris is spread over a wide area. It was mid afternoon and people in nearby villages say they saw the plane fall
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Cross country event. Meanwhile, in the arena, north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. And scotland fight back to earn a first win in this years six nations, with a hard fought victory against france. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A russian domestic passenger plane has crashed on the outskirts of the russian capital, killing all 71 people on board. It took off from Moscows Domodedovo airport. Some witnesses say it broke up in midair. The black box recorder has been recovered. Our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been giving us the latest. Its early days and all of those things are being looked into right now. There doesnt appear to have been any extra ordinary weather conditions. The wind was fairly light, according to reports ive read, and although it is the depth of winter, its extremely cold, there was no heavy snowfall. No obvious reason for the weather to have caused this. We dont know if it was a technical failure. This w
African player of all time. But could this man soon take that crown . A deadline day dash for leicester winger riyad mahrez, but is he bound for Manchester City . And its notjust about today we take a look at the best of the rest of the deals that took place earlier this month, in whats been the most expensive january transfer window. Good evening, and welcome to a special deadline Day Programme where the clock is ticking on this january transfer window. By now, the private jets have been boarded, contracts have been written, and records broken arsenal making history as mesut ozil becomes the clubs highest paid player, while the signing of this man, Pierre Emerick aubrameyang at a cool 56 million makes him a club record. But what do we know about the striker from gabon . Joe lynskey has been finding out. This is arsenals new gift from gabon. The £56 million striker with quite the back story. His path to the world status, via the equator, a country unlikely to make a world cup, but wit
So ill be looking at what that means for the hundreds of thousands of workers in the sector. Good morning. In sport, swansea are out of the premier League Relegation zone for the First Time Since november after this howler from arsenal goalkeeper petr cech. Talking through her blowhole. Well find out why scientists have helped wikie the orca to become the worlds first speaking whale. And carol has the weather. Tha nkfully thankfully always easy to understand. Hello from outside the bbc in london. Patchy rain around in the south but weve got some snow even at lower levels in parts of scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England today. In between there will be sunshine but its going to feel colder than it did yesterday. More inis colder than it did yesterday. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Prime Minister has responded to a series of attacks on her leadership by declaring shes not a quitter. Theresa may told journalists there was a long term job to be d