In Turkey, on the evening of November 24, a passenger plane Sukhoi Superjet 100 of the Russian airline Azimut caught fire after landing at Antalya airport.
The flight was heading from Sochi, the Russian propaganda Interfax reports.
There were 79 passengers on board, the Federal Air Transport Agency claims that all of them were evacuated, there were no casualties, and the fire was extinguished. “Base” writes that there were 89 passengers.
Eyewitnesses report that the plane’s engine first caught fire, after which the flames turned over further. Rescue services are on the scene, and an investigation into the incident has begun, the Turkish press reports.
The aircraft with the personal name Volga was put into operation by Azimuth Airlines in 2017. It was equipped with SaM146 engines of joint Russian-French production. France’s Safran developed and produced the hot end of the engine, where the fuel is burned.
Since the introduction of Western sanctions against Russia, Safran does not maintain engines. Their hot part is not being repaired in Russia, the Kommersant newspaper wrote a year ago.
Mash and Baza cite reports from passengers who claim that the plane hit the runway hard during landing and then spilled fuel. This version has not been confirmed by other sources.
Source: Racurs
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