There were tense scenes on Moscow airport today as passengers were evacuated as a plane's landing gear caught fire.

The jet, carrying 140 passengers, caught fire while landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport.

No one was hurt in the incident, the latest in a litany of air traffic accidents in Russia, which holds some of the world's worst air-traffic safety records.

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