Passenger Plane From Russia Catches Fire In Turkey

2024-11-24 07:11:24

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) A Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane caught fire after landing at Antalya Airport in southern Turkey.

This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to the Turkish media resource Takvim .

The plane of the Russian airline Azimut arrived from Sochi. A few minutes after landing, its engine was engulfed in flames and thick smoke.

It is noted that emergency services quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire.

As a result, 79 passengers were evacuated, and no one was injured.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation.

As reported, in early October, a World War II-era bomb detonate at the airport in the Japanese city of Miyazaki, causing more than 80 flights to be canceled.

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