Sources from Moscow stated that forty-one people including at least two children are believed to have died when a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and was engulfed in flames at Moscow's busiest airport on Sunday. The investigators said “Dramatic footage shared on social media showed Aeroflot's Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, land at Sheremetyevo international airport, flames and black smoke pouring from its fuselage”.
Furthermore passengers could be seen leaping onto an inflatable slide at the front and running from the blazing plane as huge black columns of smoke billowed into the sky. The Investigative Committee said in a statement "There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane," adding it had headed to the northwest Russian city of Murmansk. Further "According to the updated info which the investigation has as of now, 37 people survived".
Moreover investigators said they were looking into various lines of inquiry and it was premature to draw any conclusions about the cause of the accident. Apparently Russian President Vladimir Putin had offered his condolences to the victims' loved ones. Reportedly Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has also ordered a special committee to investigate the disaster.
