11 February 2018 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed deep sadness at the plane accident in the Moscow region, Russia, in which all passengers and crew are reported to have died.
In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, the Secretary-General conveyed “his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of Russian Federation.”
According to reports, the aircraft lost contact shortly after take-off from an airport in Moscow and crashed near a village about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south-east of the city.
There were 65 passengers and six crew on board the airplane.
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