The crew of the crashed Boeing had the experience of landing in the airport of Rostov – RBC

The wreckage of the crashed Boeing 737-800 airline flydubai

Photo: Valery Matytsin / TASS

Boeing crew, crashed in Rostov-on-Don, before sitting down at the airport of the city. This was stated flydubai leadership at a press conference in Dubai

The Executive Director flydubai Ghaith Al Ghaith at a press conference in the United Arab Emirates said that the crew commander and his assistant were landing experience in the Rostov airport, reported Gulf News. Commenting on the decision Socratous put the liner in Rostov-on-Don, he stressed that flydubai pilots have the right to decide on their actions on the basis of whether they have the information and communication with local authorities.

Regarding the weather conditions in Rostov -on-Don Al Ghaith said that the airport was open, and the weather gave the base to the local authorities to continue to work. However, he stressed that flydubai had no complaints about the state of the Rostov airport.

Meanwhile, a source in the operational headquarters for the investigation of the crash circumstances, said the agency “Interfax” that the managers of the Rostov airport promptly gave Boeing crew all weather information . According to him, the visibility at the time was about 3.5 km.

Also, there is evidence that the crew commander of flydubai Airlines Boeing 737-800, crashed in Rostov-on-Don, finished the last few days in the company. Told Gulf News publication familiar pilot Aristos Socratous, he should in the near future to begin work in Ryanair’s.

According to a source publication, Socratous newly married couple expecting a child. In this regard, he planned to return to his native Cyprus and there to start a new job.

The Associated Press Socratous friend told that the Cypriot pilot had no problems with flydubai. He said that he was grateful to the Dubai airline, in which one and a half years ago, has grown to the commander of the crew.

flydubai aircraft crashed while landing on the night of 19 March. Prior to this, the liner made landing attempt, but went to the second round and two hours was in the air

On board were 62 people:. 55 passengers and 7 crew members. All of them were killed.