Travellers with flights to Catania, Sicily, have been urged to check the status of their journey.
Abigail Lainton was travelling with her siblings on a tourist vessel from the Saona Island in the Dominican Republic when it suddenly blew up in the water.
More than 800 people are still missing.
The first plane carrying part of the Russian delegation has departed Vnukovo International Airport for Alaska (Picture: Getty)
Fotoage shows the crash site shows debris on fire in a forest as some people circle around to help.
It's tearing through space at 46,908 miles per hour.