8 die in Russian airplane crash

Air traffic controllers lost contact late Saturday night with the Cessna 208 plane, which had six passengers and two pilots on board, the airport's press service said in a statement.

The plane, belonging to Ivolga-Avia airlines, was flying from the southern city of Voronezh and was due to land at Domodedovo.

Lawmaker Nikolai Olshansky's son Igor was among the dead, the Interfax news agency reported, quoting emergency ministry officials.

"According to preliminary findings, the reason for the plane's crash was the violation of flight rules by the crew," RIA Novosti quoted Nikolai Savchenko, a deputy prosecutor general, as saying.