MOSCOW: Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday , including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made a bumpy emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Russian investigators said.
Many passengers on board SU 1492 then escaped via the plane's emergency slides that inflated after the hard landing. "The plane turned back and there was a hard landing. We were so scared, we almost lost consciousness. The plane jumped down the landing strip like a grasshopper and then caught fire on the ground."
The Interfax news agency cited an unnamed"informed source" as saying the evacuation of the plane had been delayed by some passengers insisting on collecting their hand luggage first.Emergency service vehicles are parked at the entrance of Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia. The Flightradar24 tracking service showed that the plane had circled twice over Moscow before making an emergency landing after just under 30 minutes in the air.
Russian officials are keen for Aeroflot to buy more Sukhoi Superjets, a regional airliner, for domestic flights to support the country's fledgling civil aircraft industry. The plane is built in Russia's Far East.
OMG, scary .. thanks to the pilot who save so many lives.. no idea if he survived himself.
😱😱
God save all the injured
Where is the Fire fighters ?
Is this some kind of Fear Factor episode 1001? Where’s the fire truck man ?
😧😧😧😢😢😢
Where are the emergency team?
No firetrucks to be seen. Amazing!!!
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