The President heard reports by Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin on the progress in the investigation into the causes and circumstances of the accident; by Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh on the work of the government commission he chairs for assisting victims and their families and relief; and by Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova on the medical care provided to those who were injured.
An Aeroflot aircraft heading from Moscow to Murmansk with 73 passengers and five crew members on board had to make an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport on May 5. Forty- one people died in the incident, and another nine were hospitalised.