Russia: Airport says rough landing started plane fire that killed 13
Moscow • Thirteen people were killed Sunday in a fiery airplane accident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, a spokeswoman for the Russian Investigative Committee said.The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.Video footage showed desperate passengers leaping out of the plane onto an inflatable evacuation slide and staggering across the airport's
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