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One dead and four injured after fire rips through plane at Moscow airport

Russian officials say one person died and at least four were injured after a plane belonging to flagship carrier Aeroflot made an emergency landing in Moscow with flames and smoke billowing from its rear section.

Flight SU1492, an Aeroflot Superjet, from Moscow to Murmansk declared a general emergency shortly after taking off from Sheremetyevo Airport.

Video on Russian news channel Rossiya-24 showed passengers leaping from the plane onto an inflatable slide from the front of the aircraft.

They are then seen fleeing across tarmac and grass of Sheremetyevo Airport.

This image taken from video provided by Instagram user @artempetrovich, shows the SSJ-100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire during an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (@artempetrovich via AP) (AP)

Russian news agencies cited sources saying the plane, a Sukhoi SSJ-100 regional jet, had taken off for the northern city of Murmansk but returned when fire broke out.

The agencies reported the plane had 78 people on board.

Russia's Investigative Committee said one person was confirmed dead and four injured.

But the Emergencies Ministry said six people had been hospitalised.

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