The names of the crew members of the plane that caught fire in Antalya have been revealed

"Izvestia" publishes the names of the crew members of the airplane of the Russian airline "Azimut" that caught fire at Antalya airport.

The crew included: commander of the aircraft Chernov V.N., trainee commander Pryadkin A.S., co-pilot Podrubilin D.A..

It became known about the fire of the airplane of Azimut airline during landing in Antalya on November 24. 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.

Later deputy airport manager Suat Seyitoglu said that the fire in the plane of the Russian airline Azimut, which caught fire during landing at Antalya airport, had been extinguished.

At the same time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Izvestia that Russian diplomats had rushed to the scene of the accident with the Russian airplane in Antalya.

Natalia, a passenger of the plane that caught fire, said that fuel began to leak after a sharp impact on landing, and then the engine caught fire. According to her, the crew of the airplane tried to calm the passengers, who helped each other and got out of the inflamed aircraft by going down the inflatable ramp.

After that, Azimut airline told Izvestia that a reserve aircraft to send a return flight instead of the Superjet 100 that was damaged in the fire was in the process of preparation.