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Aeroflot plane on fire makes emergency landing in Moscow

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | May 05, 2019, at 11:09 pm

Moscow, May 5 (IBNS): An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 made an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport here in the Russian capital on Sunday evening after a fire broke out on board.

Videos on social media show the aircraft, with its rear engulfed in fire and black smoke landing at the airport.

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— Ð”Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð½Ð¾Ð² (@dimsmirnov175) May 5, 2019

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— Ð”Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð½Ð¾Ð² (@dimsmirnov175) May 5, 2019

Reports said 78 people were on the aircraft. It is not yet clear if there are any casualties.

Visuals show people leaving the aircraft via inflatable slides from the front doors shortly after it came to a stop as the fire engulfs the plane.

According to aircraft tracking website Flightradar24, the plane on fire was headed to Murmansk in northwestern Russia.

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#Russia #Aeroflot #EmergencyLanding

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