Plane crash in Sheremetyevo: liner Sukhoi Superjet caught fire during landing
On May 5, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner Aeroflot, flying from Moscow to Murmansk, urgently returned to the capital’s Sheremetyevo airport, hit the runway when landing, and caught fire.
On board were 73 passengers and 5 crew members. According to the IC, 41 people died. A criminal case has been opened.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is the first post-Soviet civil airliner of Russian design, designed to carry 98 passengers over distances of up to 4600 km. Its deliveries began in 2011, about 180 aircraft of this type were produced.
Customers and operators of the SSJ-100 are often Russian airlines, the largest is Aeroflot.
Source: iz