Source: Xinhua | www.panorama.am

A Boeing 737 plane belonging to Russia’s Nordwind Airlines cancelled its takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport after a sensor went off indicating that there was smoke inside the cockpit, Sputnik agency reported.

According to airport authorities, five passengers sustained moderate wounds during the evacuation, while two were hospitalised. A special commission to probe incident has been formed, according to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.

The Emergencies Ministry said that all of the 187 people on board were promptly evacuated from the aircraft. The ministry earlier said that a Boeing 737 plane belonging to the Russian carrier, Nordwind Airlines, had cancelled its takeoff from the airport after a sensor went off indicating there was smoke inside the cockpit. Passengers were evacuated via inflatable slides, with three receiving minor bumps and bruises, the authorities said.