Directly after the Start in Moscow began a passenger-aircraft fire. The flame-pilot turned around and landed burning at the airport. 13 people died, including two children.
Update, 22.14 PM:
media reported of a possible damage to the engine. There were also reports of a flash of lightning had smashed into the machine. As the machine hit, burst, according to initial findings of the investigators is also the fully filled fuel tank. Quick as a flash, the fire spread. The rear part of the machine was fully engulfed in flames. Thick clouds of smoke rose into the sky.
The machine was crash-landed a half-hour after the Start of the Pilot, there were at least a Signal that there are technical problems, such as the media reported. The first findings according to the radio, too, broke off contact. The pilots were able to save themselves.
Moscow: Burning plane lands on the airport - children among the dead,
Update, 20.41 clock: , such As the dpa, confirmed now, in the fire of a Russian Aeroflot machine at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, 13 people lost their lives. Among the dead were two children, the state investigative Committee announced on Sunday in the Russian capital. 73 passengers and five crew members were on Board the Aeroflot machine, as this came up at the Moscow airport in flames.
Moscow: Burning plane lands on the airport - Dramatic Videos
Update, 20.29 PM: , The airport and the civil protection confirmed to the dpa that the fire was quickly deleted. The people would have the aircraft via the emergency slides to leave, it will, however, still searching for in the Interior to the other passengers.
not resolved the cause of The fire yet. As the airline confirmed to have caught the engine of the aircraft, for technical reasons, fire. Media reported earlier that the Superjet might have been hit during a Storm by lightning.
head of government Dmitry Medvedev ordered that a special Commission would investigate the incident. He promised the Victims all necessary help. The affected airport is considered to be the largest Moscow airport, some of the machines have now been redirected to other Moscow airports.
Moscow: Burning plane must have come to make an emergency landing - apparently 13 Dead
Update, 19.55 PM: In the case of the emergency landing of a burning passenger plane in Moscow are believed to be 13 people were killed. The state Agency Tass reported on Sunday, citing medical rescue services. An official confirmation it was first. Other media have reported several deaths.
The Agency reported to Interfax that the fate of 13 people was not yet clear. Aboard the Aeroflot machine more than 70 people were. The machine of the company "Aeroflot" was caught short after the Start of the fire. There were several injured.
fire plane in Moscow: Two landing attempts
Update, 19.48 at: , such As the afp reported, escaped the fire during the landing. You are referring to the news Agency Interfax that the crew of the machine, a distress signal is sent. The first attempt at a forced landing failed, was a named source, the news Agency said. On the second attempt then the suspension and then the tip of the plane touched the ground. Only it had caught fire. The dpa reported that the plane had to in the first place make an emergency landing, because the fire was already noted in the air by a passenger.
Focal plane lands on the airport in Moscow - One dead, several injured
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27 minutes after the Start of the fire plane sat on the ground again. On the Video you can see how the passengers escaped via the emergency slide from the burning plane. At least four people were injured. On Board of the aircraft type Sukhoi Superjet-100 73 people were supposed to be.
On Corsica, a German tourist died in the meanwhile - she was captured during a storm by a wave and into the sea ripped. Also on Sicily, a German kite surfer died in a storm - he was crushed against a car.
Date Of Update: 06 May 2019, 00:01
