A plane landed in Moscow: at least 13 dead – 05/05/2019

The fire of a plane in flight of the Russian company Aeroflot, which had just taken off from Moscow Sheremétievo airport and was heading to Murmansk (north), forced a landing of the aircraft. emergency who left 13 deadRussian news agencies said on Sunday.

The TASS agency stated, citing medical sources, that at least 13 people had died and that between five and ten people were injured when the aircraft, operated by the company Aeroflot, caught fire.

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For the moment, the problem that forced the pilots of the Superjet-100, a Russian-made aircraft, to return to Sheremétievo.

"The aircraft reported a problem on board and prepared for an emergency landing, failed on the first attempt and on the second, the landing gear struck the runway, as did the nose. fire, "a source told Interfax.

In the plane, which was on flight SU1492, 79 people were on board: 73 pbadengers and 6 crew members.

The Superjet-100 was the first civil aircraft designed in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Pride of pride at the time of its launch, it has since been criticized and has been very little accepted outside the Russian market and several foreign companies have raised problems of reliability.

Sources: agencies and L & # 39; vanguard