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VIDEO - A passenger plane crash landed in Moscow, Russia.

78 passengers onboard have been evacuated- 5 sustained
injuries reportedly.

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Developing story. Aeroflot- probing incident. #BREAK #Aviation

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Data from tracking website Flightradar24 indicates the emergency happened around 30
minutes after take-off.

"It attempted an emergency landing but did not succeed the first time, and on the second
time the landing gear hit (the ground), then the nose did, and it caught fire," a source told
Interfax news agency.

According to the Ria Novosti news agency, the plane had been headed to the far northwest
city of Murmansk in Russia. It said initial findings suggested an electrical fault might have
caused the blaze.

In a statement, Aeroflot said the motors were likely to have caught fire mid-air.

Investigators have opened a criminal probe into a possible breach of security rules.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has also ordered a special committee to investigate the
disaster, Ria Novosti agency reported.

Several flights have been diverted to other Moscow airports or Nizhny Novgorod, some 500
kilometres (310 miles) east of the Russian capital.

Дмитрий Смирнов
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Спасатели сообщают, что все 78 пассажиров горящего

самолёта в Шереметьево эвакуированы, пострадали всего
пять человек.
Это какое-то невероятное чудо!
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