Sunday, may 5, Superjet 100-95 plane, belonging to Aeroflot, EN route flight Moscow-Murmansk, was forced to return to the airport Sheremetyevo because of an emergency situation arising on Board, Interfax reported.
«Superjet-100 aircraft, presumably carrying out flight from Moscow to Murmansk, returned to «Sheremetyevo» from-for a fire on Board and made a hard landing,» — said the anonymous source of the Russian news Agency.
It is reported that the plane almost immediately after departure from the airport filed a distress signal and began to come in for an emergency landing. On the first attempt, the pilots failed to land the aircraft. In the second approach, the plane hit the chassis first, and then the nose on the runway and caught fire.
The network quickly appeared the video of the burning plane.
At Sheremetyevo airport fire. Off the plane. None of the other aircraft is not released. pic.twitter.com/raX0n5VhrO
— Mikhail Norenko (@norenko_mikhail) May 5, 2019
Was held an emergency evacuation of passengers and crew members on an inflatable emergency ladders. According to TASS, 13 people were killed, 6 wounded. Russia’s investigative Committee reported earlier only 1 person dead, several people were injured – official information about the number of dead and wounded yet.
Fire services received a call about the fire at 18.30 local time.
«At 18.40 – localization [fire]. 18.48 — the elimination of open burning. Further information is specified», — stated in the message MES.
The flame was extinguished, but the smoke is still going, but not black pic.twitter.com/hASqFFe9pj
— Mikhail Norenko (@norenko_mikhail) May 5, 2019
Investigation of the causes and circumstances of the incident. Russia’s investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of «a crime under part 3 St. 263 criminal code (violation of safety rules of movement and operation of air transport, entailed on imprudence death of two and more persons).
The press service of Aeroflot has confirmed the fire fact on the Superjet, adding that burned the engines of the aircraft. «Aeroflot confirms information information about the fire engines of the aircraft flight SU1492 from Moscow to Murmansk after landing at Sheremetyevo, which is forced back to the airport of destination for technical reasons. The fire is extinguished. There are victims, the amount specified, to all those in need receive urgent medical assistance».
