Jetliner in Russia lands engulfed in flames, death toll rises to 41
A fiery airliner accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport killed 41 people, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee said.
The death toll from Sunday evening’s accident was announced at a briefing early Monday by committee spokeswoman Elena Markovskaya, who said 37 people survived. Originally, they said 13 had died.
The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.
Video footage showed desperate passengers leaping out of the plane onto an inflatable evacuation slide and staggering across the airport’s tarmac and grass, some holding luggage.
Jetliner in Russia lands engulfed in flames, death toll rises to at least 40
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This is horrific and one of my worst fears in flying. There is video circulating taken from inside the plane if you are so inclined. The link has exterior video and photos.
A fiery airliner accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport killed 41 people, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee said.
The death toll from Sunday evening’s accident was announced at a briefing early Monday by committee spokeswoman Elena Markovskaya, who said 37 people survived. Originally, they said 13 had died.
The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.
Video footage showed desperate passengers leaping out of the plane onto an inflatable evacuation slide and staggering across the airport’s tarmac and grass, some holding luggage.
Jetliner in Russia lands engulfed in flames, death toll rises to at least 40
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This is horrific and one of my worst fears in flying. There is video circulating taken from inside the plane if you are so inclined. The link has exterior video and photos.
