Video: 41 dead in the plane that caught fire after landing in Moscow

A total of 41 people died after the fire of a commercial jet Sujoi Superjet 100 after performing the landing maneuver at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport, according to a new report from the committee Russian research. The plane could have made an emergency landing after being struck by lightning.

"As stated earlier, there were 78 people on board the aircraft covering the Moscow-Murmansk route, including crew members, and depending on the available balance for the investigation at that time there, 37 people survived, "he explained. a spokeswoman for the Russian research committee, Svetlana Petrenko.

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News agencies reported that during the flight, pbadengers were informed of the problem and had to make an emergency landing. The pilot failed on the first attempt and in the second, the landing gear struck the runway, triggering the fire.

The aircraft of the airline Aeroflot, with 73 pbadengers and 5 crew members on board, had departed Sheremetievo for Murmansk, in the north-west of Russia, but had returned to the same airport 28 minutes after the take off after asking for an emergency landing, which made it clear that the problem could still start in flight.

The occupants of the aircraft were evacuated by the emergency barriers and the evacuation took place in 55 seconds, less than the 90 seconds provided for in the rules, said a door -speaker of the airline.

One of the pbadengers, Dimitri Jlebushkin, explained that the plane had been struck by lightning and had caught fire when he had touched the runway during a very violent landing, which ended. the authorities have not confirmed yet.

Authorities have already opened a criminal investigation into security breaches that resulted in the death of two or more people, according to the Itar-Tbad news agency.

The Investigation Committee reported that of the 78 occupants of the Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft having caught fire, there are only 37 survivors.

"According to the latest data processed by the investigation, 37 people have survived," said agency spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko, quoted by the Interfax news agency.