JUST IN: AIRCRAFT CRASHES, KILLS ALL CREW MEMBERS IN MOSCOW
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Authorities in the area report that a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane has crashed outside of Moscow.
There were no passengers on board, just the three members of the crew.
The collision happened on Friday afternoon in the southeast of the capital city, in the Kolomna neighborhood.
Local officials are looking into the event, and emergency services have been sent to the location. It’s unclear exactly what caused the crash at this time.
According to RT, the aircraft, which normally accommodates 87–98 people, belonged to Russian gas firm Gazprom and was being repaired when it took off on a test flight.
Officials claimed there were three crew members on board.
The jet fell in a forested region, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, which also confirmed the disaster.
“There were three crew members on the plane. According to preliminary information, they all died. There are no casualties among the population,” it said.
TASS initially reported that the Sukhoi Superjet 100 had taken off from Zhukovsky airfield for a fly-by. Later, however, it clarified that the jet had taken off from another nearby airfield, Lukovitsy, and was heading for Vnukovo International Airport.
The agency’s source explained the mix-up by saying that another plane of the same type had taken off from Zhukovsky and was flying without incident.
The agency added that the aircraft that crashed had been produced in 2014 and delivered to Gazprom the next year, which was its sole operator.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said that the incident would be investigated by the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) operating under the jurisdiction the Commonwealth of Independent States, which includes several post-Soviet republics. Russian experts will also be involved, it added.
Videos circulating on social media show a plume of smoke rising from the apparent crash scene. Other clips show ambulance and firefighter crews rushing to the area. A helicopter could also be seen hovering nearby.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100, which made its maiden flight in 2008, has been involved in several crashes. The most recent one occurred in 2019 at Sheremetyevo Airport. A flight en route to the northern city of Murmansk had to return to Moscow after being struck by lightning. The jet then made a crash landing at the airport and caught fire, killing 41 people.
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