Rescuers reached burning Superjet within time limit: Airport

Moscow Sheremetyevo firefighters reached a blazing Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 within the required response time, and extinguished the fire in about 16min, according to the airport operator. The operating company says fire-rescue vehicles arrived at the scene about 1min ahead of the regulatory standard. Russian regulations dictate that firefighters must be able to reach the ends of each runway within 3min. Sheremetyevo’s operator said after the aircraft landed heavily on the runway at 18:30 an air traffic controller sounded an alarm, and 2 firefighting vehicles arrived at the scene within 2min of the touchdown. Four more rescue vehicles subsequently arrived about a minute later. Firefighters entered the burning aircraft about 5min after it landed and the fire was “completely extinguished” at 18:48. <br/>