Forty-one people killed in Russian passenger plane fire

2019-05-06 9

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At least 41 people died...after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and caught fire in Moscow on Sunday.
The country's state news agency TASS reported,...an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Murmansk, was forced to return to the airport due to technical reasons.
Footage on social media show passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning aircraft.
Local Investigative Committee said 37 out of 78 passengers survived.
Two children and a flight attendant were among the dead.