Pilot blames lightning strike, full fuel tanks for fiery Moscow landing that killed 41

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The Aeroflot captain who landed a fiery Superjet 100 in Moscow says full fuel tanks may have prompted the inferno that killed 41 of the 78 people aboard.

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If I'm not mistaken the other fatal crash you mention was down to pilot error due to being distracted by a potential buyer sat in the cockpit which caused him to go off course and the pilot ignored the warning systems for terrain. Completely different to this recent case .

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