According to preliminary information, a Ukrainian citizen suffered as a result of a plane crash at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, she is in the hospital, said Vasyl Kyrylych, the official representative of the Consular Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“According to preliminary information, a Ukrainian citizen has suffered. She is in the hospital, she is provided with all the necessary medical assistance,” he told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday.
Aeroflot flight SU1492 from Moscow to Murmansk returned to its airport of departure, crash-landed, and caught fire at 6:32 p.m. on May 5. There were 78 people, including five crewmembers, on board.
There is preliminary information that the fire killed 41 people, Yelena Markovskaya, a spokesperson for the Moscow Interregional Branch of the Transport Investigative Committee, said in a statement. According to Russian Health Ministry Veronika Skvortsova, most of the injured passengers suffered airway and body burns, smoke poisoning, and bruises.
Investigators are considering various theories of the event, including insufficient skills of pilots, air traffic controllers, and technicians who examined the aircraft, a faulty plane, and bad weather.
