“Unfortunately, they all died,” Viktor Yanutsenko, an emergencies ministry official helping coordinate the emergency response, was quoted as saying by Russia’s RIA news agency.

“The plane is broken, debris strewn over the landing strip,” a spokesperson for the southern regional center of the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Flydubai said in a statement that “we are aware of an incident involving our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov On Don” but it was still gathering details.

The aircraft had to abandon an initial attempt to land at Rostov, its scheduled destination, and came down while making a repeat attempt, according to an emergencies ministry statement.

Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia Google Maps

It was 42 degrees Fahrenheit and raining at the airport Saturday morning, and Interfax news agency reported that winds were gusting at around 60 mph at the time of the landing.

“The plane apparently hit the ground at second landing attempt,” Igor Oder, head of the Emergency Situations Ministry, told Interfax.

Rostov-on-Don is a port city off the Sea of Azov, about 75 miles east of the Ukrainian border.