Flight 703 ya tashi daga Moscow a kusa da 14:21. 'Yan mintoci kaɗan bayan tashi daga Moscow, saurin jirgin sama da tsawo ya fara canzawa. 'Yan mintoci kaɗan kafin hadarin, Flight 703 ya sami tsawo na mita 1,800 (5,900 ft) da saurin iska na kilomita 600 a kowace awa (320 knot). Daga nan ya rasa tsawo da sauri har sai ya ɓace daga radar a tsawo na kusan mita 900 (3,000 ft). Jirgin ya fadi kusa da ƙauyukan Argunovo da Stepanovskoye a cikin Orsk, wani birni kusa da iyakar Moscow na Kazakhstan, wanda kamfanin Saratov Airlines na yankin Rasha ke gudanarwa.
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