At Least 13 Dead, Here's What We Know

Dean James at Right Wing Tribune

MOSCOW – At least 13 people were killed when a Russian airliner caught on fire and was forced to make a hard emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday, according to reports.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said two children were among the dead but did not immediately provide further details. At least six people were reported hurt, Fox News reports.

Aeroflot flight SU1492, a Sukhoi SSJ-100 regional jet, had taken off for the northern city of Murmansk before it was forced to turn around with 73 passengers and five crew members on board, airport officials said.

Videos and pictures on Twitter show the flaming plane landing at the airport and passengers evacuating the plane on emergency slides.

Take a look:

#BREAKING: Russian airline Aeroflot plane makes an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport after fire on board pic.twitter.com/Ro6m8iO09B

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) May 5, 2019

Посадка пылающего Sukhoi Superjet 100 в Шереметьево. Пилоты – стальные люди pic.twitter.com/ETlzOHbUKw

— Дмитрий Смирнов (@dimsmirnov175) May 5, 2019

Люди выпрыгивают по надувным трапам из горящего в Шереметьево самолета Sukhoi Superjet 100 pic.twitter.com/rswf7ktTAA

— Лента.ру (@lentaruofficial) May 5, 2019

To see passengers jumping out of the burning plane for their life and hear kids and a calm lady speaking in the background: Attention please… passenger flying to… pic.twitter.com/Ks9AIZG3OL

— Russian Market (@russian_market) May 5, 2019