The bodies of those killed in the Russian plane crash are so badly damaged that DNA tests will have to be carried out to identify them.
All 71 people on board the Saratov Airlines jet died after the engine is feared to have “exploded” mid-air, scattering wreckage and dead bodies over the Russian countryside.
Officials ordered that drones should be used to search for bodies and wreckage of flight 6W703, which crashed to the ground ten minutes after taking off from Domodedovo International Airport.
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Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said: “It will be necessary to collect biomaterials from relatives.”
Photographs of crew members who died in the tragedy have now been released.
Among the 71 people killed were air stewardesses Anastasia Slavinskaya, 29, and Viktoria Koval and second officer Sergey Gambaryan, 34.
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