UPDATE: MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on an airplane that landed in flames at a Moscow airport (all times local):
9:40 p.m.
Russia’s Investigative Committee says 13 people have died in a fire on an airplane that made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
The airport said the Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot caught fire when it made a hard emergency landing on Sunday.
Video of the landing showed flames and smoke billowing from the rear of the plane.
The airport said the aircraft had 73 passengers and five crew members on board.
Investigators and the airport said the plane had taken off for the northern city of Murmansk, but turned back because of unspecified problems.
9:00 p.m.
MOSCOW (AP) — An airplane belonging to flagship Russian carrier Aeroflot landed in Moscow covered in flames and with smoke billowing from the rear Sunday, and officials said one person died and at least four were injured.
Harrowing video aired by Russian news channel Rossiya-24 showed passengers leaping from the front of the burning aircraft onto an inflatable slide and staggering across tarmac and grass after the emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport.
The plane, a Sukhoi SSJ-100 regional jet, had taken off for the northern city of Murmansk but returned when a fire broke out, Russian news agencies cited sources as saying. There reportedly were 78 people aboard.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said one person was confirmed dead and four injured. The Emergencies Ministry said six people had been hospitalized.
