The cause of the airplane accident in Antalya may have been a strong impact on landing

The cause of the fire of the airplane of Azimut airline during landing at Antalya International Airport could be a strong impact of the ship on the runway during landing. This was reported by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) to Izvestia on November 25.

"According to preliminary data, the failure of systems of the aircraft SSJ-100 of Azimut Airlines in the run-up to landing at Antalya airport was not recorded, the cause of fuel spillage and fire could be a strong impact of the aircraft on the runway during landing due to unfavorable weather conditions", - stated in the message of the press service of the company.

It is noted that the circumstances of the incident will be established by a specially created commission.

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Earlier in the day, a passenger of the ignited airplane Natalia told "Izvestia" that the crew of the airplane tried to calm down the passengers, who helped each other and got out of the ignited aircraft by going down the inflatable ramp.

The fire of the plane of the airline "Azimut" at landing in Antalya became known 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 the fire was extinguished. In addition, Izvestia has at its disposal footage from the scene. The recording shows how the passengers of the plane with bags descend the inflatable gangway. According to the source, there were 89 people on board.