Now that's a new one... More likely a 737-8?

According to Delta's website.

It's referred to as a B738.


http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/B738

Looks like it fell out of the sky. On the first view I thought it was already on fire, but it's actually the landing lights. It'll be interesting to see what the boxes tell us.

It takes courage to fly anywhere.

May their memory be eternal.

Some basic info coming in on the flightradar24.com twitter feed.

Weather at time of crash 46 F Dewpoint 39 F. Winds from WSW @26 gusts to 43. Four mile visibility scattered clouds at 1800 and ceiling at 3600 above ground level.

According to the last METAR, the wind was almost aligned with the runway and they would have been in visual conditions for pretty much the entire approach. It's possible the conditions may have deteriorated at the time of the approach, but there isn't much to indicate that was the case.

Stall on go around attempt?

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It's curious as to why he decided to go around the 2nd time. The weather reports were favorable for a normal approach. Go arounds are serious business and are where lots of flight crews lose it, even though they should be routine. It's notable that the crew was discussing go around procedures with the tower, so they seemed to be prepared for that possibility.

Well, I for one am shocked and disappointed!

It crashed on its second attempt during high winds.

They spent 2 hours circling the airport, seems like the Russian air traffic control should send to another airport much earlier.