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Russia probes pilot error after deadly plane blaze

The Sukhoi Superjet-100 had just flown out of Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday evening when it circled back, bouncing on the runway and catching fire. [AFP]

Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash-landing that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people, media reported.

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