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UTAir Passenger jet catches fire after overshooting runway at Sochi Airport

UTAir Passenger jet catches fire in after overshooting runway on landing at Sochi Airport Russia

A passenger jet caught fire after overshooting its landing sending it crashing through a fence at an airport in Russia, injuring 18 people. UTAir flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a runway excursion accident after landing at Adler/Sochi Airport, Russia. The aircraft departed Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport at 00:32 hours local …

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