The pilot of the Aeroflot jet that crashed, killing all 88 people on board, ignored commands from air traffic controllers, probably contributing to Russia’s worst air disaster in two years, according to reports.

RUSSIAN investigators yesterday sifted through the wreckage of an Aeroflot jet that crashed in the Ural mountains killing all 88 people on board, as the region marked a day of mourning.

An engine fire appeared today to be the cause of a Russian jet crash that killed all 88 people on board.