More Than A Dozen Deaths Reported In Russia Plane Emergency Landing

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More than a dozen people are dead after a Russian airplane caught fire and made an emergency landing in Moscow. Russia's state news agency says at least 13 are dead and another six were injured. There were 73 passengers on board along with five crew members. Passengers were evacuating the aircraft on emergency slides. Flames and black smoke could be seen coming from the back of the jet. The plane took off from Moscow and was bound for a city in the northern part of the country when the crew onboard issued a distress call and returned to the airport.

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