Video: Russia Passenger Flight Turns Into Airborne Inferno As Pilot Makes It To Moscow Runway

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UPDATE: Reports are now saying at least 41 dead including 2 children…

A Russian passenger jet caught fire and made a dramatic emergency landing at Moscow’s busy Sheremetyevo Airport today. Russian state-controlled news outlet RIA Novoste reported there were 78 passengers on board the plane. Russian state news agency TASS reported 73 passengers and six crew members.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Moscow-Murmansk caught fire in Sheremtyevo https://t.co/dnTC69wgJ6 #Russia pic.twitter.com/A5G3lPtpRE

— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) May 5, 2019

Update Aeroflot #SU1492 to Murmansk reported inflight emergency and returned to Moscow. Video shows plane on fire as it lands. Conflicting reports on casualties. Many passengers can be seen evacuating aircraft via slides.
? @dimsmirnov175https://t.co/d5NEqBfVll… pic.twitter.com/70C9QbscNA

— Tom Podolec Aviation (@TomPodolec) May 5, 2019

There also was conflicting information about the number of victims, with TASS quoting a source as saying that one person had died and at least 10 people were injured. No other agencies reported any deaths, reported RFERL.

Interfax said six people were injured, while Baza reported 26 victims, reported RFERL. It was not clear what caused the fire on flight SU-1492, which left Moscow for a 2.5-hour flight to the northern Russian city of Murmansk.

“According to preliminary data, several people were hurt. At least 10 ambulances have been dispatched to the site,” reported TASS.

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