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Fiery Crash Landing Of Russian Passenger Plane In Moscow Leaves 41 Dead

Video showed the Aeroflot flight's rocky emergency landing, as the jet bounced along the runway before its rear portion was engulfed in flames. It's unclear why it turned around shortly after takeoff.

A Russian-made Aeroflot plane made a hard emergency landing in Moscow on Sunday before bursting into flames, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.

Video footage showed the as the jet bounces several times on the runway before its rear passengers escaping on the plane's emergency inflated slides as fire trucks raced to the scene.

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