Arina Vinogradova is one of two air hostesses who survived Sunday's crash of the Pulkovo Airlines Ilyushin Il-86 crash at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.

She gave her first interview to TVS television channel on Monday.

I was shouting 'Help me' and banging my rings on the engine... so they could hear me

She described how it all happened.

"The aircraft started to shake and we plummeted. It was a matter of seconds. We came down and that was it."

A lot of smoke

Ms Vinogradova said that she was in the third cabin, in the first row of passenger seats while Tanya Moyiseyeva, another air hostess, was sitting opposite her in the flight attendant's seat.

"I tried to help myself, but in vain," she told TVS. "I was covered with chairs and was unable to unfasten my seat belt. I was lying on the engine."

Ms Vinogradova said that the only thing she could do "was to take a headrest cover, spit on it to make it wet and cover my mouth in order not to suffocate".

"There was a lot of smoke below," she said.

She described how she tried to help Ms Moyiseyeva.

"I spoke to her and cried like crazy," she added. "I was shouting 'Help me' and banging my rings on the engine - which actually flattened them - so they could hear me."

For my child

Ms Vinogradova described how help arrived.

I have a small child and I wanted her to grow up having her mother by her side

"They came and immediately started to extinguish the fire. And I wanted them to come closer to me. So I also got my share of the firemen's foam," she said.

She explained her determination to live.

"I wanted to live and did not want to get burnt alive with the aircraft all in smoke."

"I have a small child and I wanted her to grow up having her mother by her side," Ms Vinogradova added.

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