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Three terrified passengers who saw flames gushing from a jet engine opened the emergency door of a Boeing 737 and stepped onto the wing as the aircraft was preparing for takeoff.

They claimed the crew had ignored their shouts of 'fire' and the panic on board as airline Utair's plane taxied to the runway for a flight from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport to Makhachkala, near Georgia.

The three - including a woman - were all doctors. They were later 'detained' for questioning and the rest of the passengers were placed on a separate plane.

An Utair spokesman told Russian RBC news that the fire was caused by a disrupted airflow when the engine started.