Delta Jet Overturns on Toronto Runway Amid Snowstorm, All 80 Aboard Survive
The Transport Ministry said the plane was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet that was returning from Bangkok and that the crash happened at 9:03 a.m.
The Russian private military company boss was on the passenger list of the jet which came down near Moscow.
The governor of Durango said a gust of wind hit the plane shortly after takeoff, prompting the plane to slow down and hit the ground with its left wing, The Associated Press reported.