At least 40 people were killed Sunday after a Russian airliner made a hard emergency landing and caught fire at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, officials said. The airport statement said the plane's hard landing started the fire. FORMER TRANSPORTATION DEPT OFFICIAL COMPARES JACKSONVILLE BOEING 737 ACCIDENT TO 'MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON'Videos and pictures posted to Twitter showed the jet landing at Sheremetyevo Airport with large flames engulfing the rear section. A law enforcement source told the Interfax news agency that the plane gave a distress signal after departure, then tried to make an emergency landing. Airport officials told the news agency that the airport was operating "in a limited mode with one runway."

Source: Fox News May 05, 2019 16:44 UTC