05.12 Russia to Ground Tatarstan Airlines Following Boeing Crash

MOSCOW, December 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s civil aviation monitoring body has recommended grounding a local airline that operated the Boeing 737-500 that crashed last month killing all 50 on board.

Rosaviatsia said in a statement on its website late Wednesday that it found breaches of the rules in Tatarstan Airlines’ personnel training and rest times for flight and cabin crew.

It has called for the airline’s operating certificate to be withdrawn and said other airlines in the republic of Tatarstan will face snap inspections.

The Boeing 737 crashed on November 17 at Kazan International Airport after the pilots apparently lost control of the aircraft while making a “go-round” following a missed approach to land, according to the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK), the Moscow-based investigation body conducting the crash investigation.