“Most people died not from a blow, but from fire and poisoning from combustion products,” he said in an interview with Kommersant.

According to preliminary data, hazardous substances were released during combustion not only of fuel, but also of the interior trim made of plastic.

According to Lojis, people did not have time to use oxygen masks, because everything happened very quickly, most of them died in chairs, not having time to react to what was happening.

Earlier, the crew commander Denis Evdokimov was charged under article on violation of flight safety rules.

On May 5, the SSJ-100, traveling from Moscow to Murmansk, made an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo and caught fire. Killed more than 40 people.