Russian plane engulfed in flames makes emergency landing, 41 dead

Forty-one of the 78 people, including children, on board an Aeroflot passenger plane that caught fire after it crashlanded at Moscow airport have been killed.

SSJ-100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire during an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow Source: @artempetrovich

A passenger plane engulfed in a ball of flames on Sunday made an emergency landing at Moscow's busiest airport, killing at least 13 people, Russian news agencies reported.

Dramatic footage shared on social media showed the Russian Aeroflot-owned aircraft, flames and black smoke pouring from its fuselage, land at Sheremetyevo international airport.

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