A plane crash in the Russia city of Kazan left all 50 passengers dead on Sunday night, The Washington Post reported.
The Boeing 737 of Tatarstan Airlines crashed at 7:20 local time, just an hour after departing from Moscow.
Officials were not immediately aware of possible reasons for the crash. However, some reports said the plane began to lose altitude as it attempted to land, leading it to crash and catch fire.
Irina Rossius, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry, released a list of the names of the 44 passengers and six crew members that were killed. Among the list included Irek Minnikhanov, the son of Tatarstan's governor, and Alexander Antonov, who ran the Tatarstan branch of the Federal Security Service.
In addition to the list, the ministry also released photos of the wreckage and crash site.
Kazen, the capital of the Tatarsan republic, has a population of 1.1 million and is 450 miles east of Moscow. During the time of the flight and crash, there was reportedly light precipitation and winds blowing at 18 mph.
A journalist who had flown from Kazen to Moscow a day before the crash claimed her flight was not going smoothly towards the last few minutes, feeling a strong vibration right before her plane landed.
"When we were landing it was not clear whether there was a strong wind, although in Moscow the weather was fine, or some kind of technical trouble or problem with the flight," said Lenara Kashafutdinova. "We were blown in different directions, the plane was tossed around. The man sitting next to me was white as a sheet."
According to the Post, Russia has experienced several brutal crashes within the past few years, some of which is attributed to old technology while others blame poor airports and bad crew training.
The most recently fatal crash was in December, when a plane veered off the runway and ended up in a nearby highway, killing a total of five people.
