On September 14, 2008, Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a message of condolences to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev over the plane crash which killed more than 80 people on board. On behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own himself, Hu expressed sincere sympathy to the Russian president and via him to the relatives of the victims and extended profound condolences to those killed in the tragedy. A Russian Boeing-737 airliner traveling from Moscow to Perm went down on September 14 in the Ural mountains, killing all 82 passengers and six crew members on board.