Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed on final approach to the city of Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people aboard.

A Jewish family of four was killed Sunday morning when a Boeing 737-500 airplane crashed during its final approach to Perm, Russia. All 88 people aboard Aeroflot Flight 821 are presumed dead, the Interfax news agency reported.

Jewish Family of Four Perishes in Russian Airline Disaster

Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed on final approach to the city of Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people aboard.

A Jewish family of four was killed Sunday morning when a Boeing 737-500 airplane crashed during its final approach to Perm, Russia. All 88 people aboard Aeroflot Flight 821 are presumed dead, the Interfax news agency reported.

According to Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Zalman Deutch, a family friend, Ephraim and Golda Nachumov were returning home with their son Eliyahu and daughter Chava from a family affair in Azerbaijan via Moscow.

“This is a nightmare. It is very sad,” said Deutch, the chief rabbi of Perm. “The family was wonderful and so special. I have no words.”

Eliyahu, 7, had just started first grade at the Ohr Avner Chabad Day School after spending his summer vacation at the local Gan Israel Day Camp. His four-year-old sister had just entered the Ohr Avner preschool.

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