Flight 703 yakasimuka kubva kuMoscow panguva inenge 14:21.Maminitsi akati wandei mushure mekusimuka kubva kuMoscow, kumhanya uye kukwirira kwendege kwakatanga kuchinja. Maminetsi mashoma pamberi pekuputsika, Flight 703 yakanga yawana kukwirira kwemamita 1,800 (5,900 ft) uye kumhanya kwemhepo kwemakiromita mazana matanhatu paawa (320 knots). Ipapo yakarasikirwa nekukwirira nekukurumidza kusvikira yanyangarika kubva ku radar pakukwirira kwemamita 900 (3,000 ft). Iyo ndege yakadonha padyo nemisha yeArgunovo neStepanovskoye muOrsk Airport muMoscow District, guta riri padyo nemuganhu weKazakhstan, inoshandiswa neRussian regional carrier Saratov Airlines.
14:27 (Shona)