The fire in the plane that caught fire during landing in Antalya has been extinguished

The fire in the plane of the Russian airline Azimut, which caught fire during landing at Antalya airport, has been extinguished. This was reported by Deputy Airport Manager Suat Seyitoglu on November 24.

He noted that there was a fire in the engine of the airplane at the moment of landing. According to him, immediate intervention was taken and the flames were extinguished.

"All passengers on the plane were evacuated unharmed, fortunately no one was injured. There is no negative situation at the moment," Habertürk newspaper quoted Seyitoglu as saying.

Rosaviatsia spokesman Artem Korenyako pointed out that there were no fatalities as a result of the incident.

"After landing at Antalya airport (Turkey) there was a fire of the Superjet 100 airplane of Azimut airline." There are no fatalities. Rosaviatsia is looking into what happened," - stated in a message in the Telegram-channel.

In addition, Izvestia has at its disposal footage from the scene of the event. The recording shows the passengers of the airplane with bags going down the inflatable ramp. According to the source, there were 89 people on board.

According to the Flightradar portal, this flight was the third for the day at this airplane.

The fire of the airplane of the airline Azimut during landing in Antalya became known earlier in the day. Portal AirportHaber specified that because of the incident the airport runway was temporarily closed. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties as a result of the incident, the cause of the fire is being investigated.