13 killed in fire on Russian plane

Russia’s Investigative Committee says 13 people, including two children, have died in a fire on an aircraft that made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

The airport said the jet, operated by Russian carrier Aeroflot, caught fire when it made a hard emergency landing on Sunday.

It had 73 passengers and five crew members on board, and had taken off for the northern city of Murmansk, but turned back because of unspecified problems.