He did not specify if the plane was struck directly.
The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow’s busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing.
“We managed to restore communication through the emergency frequency on our radio connection. But the link was only for a short time and kept cutting out… it was possible to say only a few words,” he told the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. Another video shot inside the cabin showed roaring flames outside the window and passengers crying out in panic.
The jet — carrying 73 passengers and five crew members — took off from Sheremetyevo at 6:02pm and the crew issued a distress signal shortly afterwards, officials said.The aircraft’s black boxes have been found and handed over to investigators, a source in the Russian emergency services told news agencies.The charred aircraft could still be seen from the runway surrounded by vehicles, according to an AFP journalist at the scene on Monday afternoon.
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