Passenger plane crashes near Moscow after takeoff; 71 dead

MOSCOW — A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow shortly after taking off from one of the city’s airports Sunday. The country’s transportation minister said there were no survivors.
The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city some 1,000 miles southeast of Moscow.
Fragments from the Antonov An-148 airliner were found in the Ramenskoye area, about 25 miles