Bulletin: On An Airplane Which Caught Fire In Russia

07 May 2019 – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) extends its condolences to the victims of a passenger plane which caught fire after it made an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia on 5 May 2019. At least 41 people on board Aeroflot SU 1492 were killed, including two children, after the aircraft crash-landed in Sheremetyevo Airport, bursting into flames on impact.

The Philippine Embassy in Moscow reported that there were no Filipinos among the 76 passengers onboard the plane.

Apart from the 41 fatalities, 14 received outpatient treatment and nine people were hospitalized after the crash.

In a statement by Aeroflot, the plane “suffered an engine fire afer being forced to return to the Sheremetyevo Airport due to technical problems.”

According to Ambassador to Russia Carlos D. Sorreta, the Embassy has also extended its condolences to the Russian Government after the accident. END