passenger jet crashes into highway, Moscow

[J1NX3D]

Russians and their dashcams. Only happened few hours ago.

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LiveLeak.com - Dashcam footage of passenger jet crashes into highway outside Moscow

A passenger jet crashed into a highway after making a hard landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. At least four people were killed and four critically injured, says the Interior Ministry. Officials believe the cause could be pilot error. Two people were found dead at the scene of the TU-204 jet crash, while a 27-year-old woman died on the way to hospital. Whether the fourth person died at the scene or in the ambulance remains unclear. Those killed are the captain, the co-pilot, the flight engineer and a flight attendant, the Emergencies Ministry declared. Four people taken to Moscow hospitals

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BBC News - Russian plane crashes into road outside Moscow

RIP to the aircrew, could have been much worse.

[Rick V]

Dayum

[FLYGEEZER]

Ran outta airspeed & altitude at the same time. Gotta hurt!

[pavulon]

taking off in the mud again?

[gshase]

Bad day at the airport

[sc_rufctr]

That video was crazy. Did you see the hatchback get hit? What a mess.

[herman maire]

Just the force of the plane wheel put the car into the barrier .......

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by herman maire

Just the force of the plane wheel put the car into the barrier .......

And he drove away... Very lucky

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

And he drove away... Very lucky

It's Russia, probably thought he'd just run over a pedestrian.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by herman maire

Just the force of the plane wheel put the car into the barrier .......

consider the momentum of that wheel.

[beepbeep]

Rrrrinnnggg...

I:Insurance here, how can I help you?
D:Hi! My car is damaged. I've just been T-boned by a passenger jet.
I:Yeah, right.

[Skytrooper]

Originally Posted by dewolf

It's Russia, probably thought he'd just run over a pedestrian.

That put coffee out the nose !

[Heel n Toe]

Faulty brakes may be to blame in Russian plane crash

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Faulty brakes may be to blame for a Russian airliner sliding off the runway and smashing onto a highway near Moscow, killing five people, a member of the crash investigation team said on Sunday.

Investigators said they were examining the black boxes to try to determine the cause of Saturday's crash, which cracked the wings off the Tupolev-204 plane and split the fuselage clean into three pieces.

If they find bad brakes were at fault, it would match a warning issued to the state-owned Tupolev by Russia's aviation authority to fix problems with the brakes that may have caused a Tu-204 with 70 people onboard to go off a Siberian runway on December 21.

Any sign that the catastrophe during peak holiday travel could have been avoided will worsen concerns over the country's poor air-safety record, despite President Vladimir Putin's calls to improve controls.

"After landing the pilot uses all the available brake systems on the plane, but for some reason the machine did not stop," a member of the investigation team told the Interfax new agency. "Most likely it was faulty reverse engines or brakes."

A fifth crew member of the Red Wing plane, which was traveling without passengers, died of her injuries in hospital on Sunday, the company said.

Despite icy weather conditions, the plane had been piloted by an experienced crew with many hours of flying under their belt, according to Russia's aviation safety body.

More: Faulty brakes may be to blame in Russian plane crash - Yahoo! News