No Chinese casualties reported in Russia air crash   

俄客机在喀山爆炸致50人罹难 无中国公民

俄罗斯紧急情况部17日晚在此间证实，一架波音737客机当晚在俄鞑靼斯坦共和国首府喀山机场降落时爆炸，机上44名乘客及6名机组成员全部罹难。经与中国驻俄大使馆核实，死者中无中国公民。[查看全文]

Moscow (CNS) -- The Chinese embassy in Russia has confirmed that no Chinese citizens were on board the Boeing 737 jetliner that crashed Sunday in Russia's Kazan, capital of the Tatarstan republic.

A full list of the 50 people killed in the crash was released by Tatarstan Airlines, the operator of the plane. There were no Chinese among the dead, judging from the names on the list, according to a reporter at China News Service (CNS) who contacted the embassy.

The flight was making a second attempt to land and exploded when it hit the runway, killing all 44 passengers and six crew on board.

The Boeing 737, which had been in service since 1990 and was leased by the Tatarstan air company in 2008, took off from Moscow and crashed at around 7:20 pm Moscow time.