The test flight resulted in a crash near Moscow for a Russian passenger jet.
A Russian emergency ministry has reported that a passenger airliner near Moscow went down with just the crew on board.
As the Aeroflot plane burns, a dramatic video shows people utilizing the emergency slides to flee the burning plane.
Russian Airlines claimed the plane returned to the airport due to technical issues, but survivors say lightning hit it.
Among the casualties are two young youngsters. Eleven members of crew and seventy-three passengers were on board the plane.
Russian news agency Interfax cited individuals who said the plane caught fire after a very rocky landing, contradicting initial reports that the plane had landed on fire.Passenger Jet
According to Interfax, the crew deemed it too risky to dump fuel above Moscow after losing touch with air traffic controllers, so the plane landed with full tanks.
“There are 37 survivors – 33 passengers and four members of the crew,” stated Yelena Markovskaya, an official affiliated with the crash inquiry.
The tragedy allegedly also claimed the life of a flight attendant. The facility is currently treating five patients.”Someone who was there called it a ‘miracle’ that anyone got out alive. A special commission will investigate the tragedy, following the command of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.”
At 18:02 local time (15:02 GMT), the Sukhoi Superjet-100 took off from the airport on its way to Murmansk.Passenger Jet
Shortly after takeoff, amid inclement weather, the crew reported “malfunctions” by sending out a distress signal.Passenger Jet
Aeroflot reported that the plane’s engines caught fire on the runway after an emergency landing, emphasizing that the crew “did everything to save the passengers”.
Petr Egorov, a survivor, told Komsomolskaya Pravda that plane “had just taken off and the aircraft was hit by lightning”.
Aeroflot crew did everything to save the passengers” after the engines caught fire on the runway after an emergency landing. Savchenko says he “managed to jump out” of the plane after it exploded into a flame on the tarmac. He posted videos of people fleeing the burning plane: “‘Guys I am all rightand , I am alive”
