Passengers of the plane that caught fire in Antalya have filed a class action lawsuit against Azimut

Passengers of the airplane that caught fire while landing in Antalya have filed a class action lawsuit against Azimut Airlines. As one of the passengers of the Sochi - Antalya flight told Izvestia, the aircraft caught fire just within a minute of the abrupt landing.

"At the moment we are writing a lawsuit against the Azimut company for what happened to us. And there was a sharp landing, there was a blow, and within a minute there was an airplane fire," - said the woman.

The victims indicated in the document that they inhaled carbon monoxide and ask for "proper support" from the airline.

The press service of Azimut Airlines said that passengers of flight A45051 Sochi - Antalya can contact a representative of the airline by phone or in the arrival area of the passenger terminal of Antalya airport.

Thefire of the airplane of Azimut airline during landing at Antalya airport occurred on November 24. AirportHaber portal specified that the airport runway was temporarily closed due to the incident. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties as a result of the incident, the cause of the fire is being investigated. Later, the deputy airport manager Suat Seyitoglu specified that the fire in the plane of the Russian airline Azimut was 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 Turkey. The Russian Consulate General in Antalya indicated that it was in contact with the airport management in connection with the plane's fire.

Natalia, a passenger on the plane that caught fire, said that fuel began to leak out upon landing after a sharp impact and then the engine caught fire. According to her, the crew of the airplane tried to calm down the passengers, who helped each other and got out of the inflamed aircraft by going down the inflatable ramp. In turn, another passenger reported a sharp impact on landing, which caused a power outage. According to her, there was panic and crush inside the airplane during evacuation. There was a lot of smoke and a very strong smell of burning plastic. Children were supposed to be let out first, but this did not happen.

Honored test pilot of the USSR, aviation expert Viktor Zabolotsky suggested that the rough landing of the aircraft in Antalya could have led to the destruction of the tank or fuel lines, which subsequently caused the fire. He added that the flight may have landed in difficult weather conditions.