plane off the runway at Moscow

[DG AIR]

according airliners.net a plane went of the runway at Moscow a crash is also reported. Could be a TU154 of dagestan airlines.

gr.

Ger

[Stratofreighter]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... ow_Airport

At least two people have been killed after a passenger plane skidded off the runway following an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport.

The Dagestan Airlines flight, with 155 passengers on board, was forced to land because its engines had reportedly cut out.

Dozens of people were injured in the incident.

It is not yet known what caused the engines to fail and an investigation has begun.

The Russian-built Tu-154 took off at 11:07am (GMT) from Moscow heading to Makhachkala - the capital of the Republic of Dagestan.

One engine failed on take-off, the second took place during the flight and third happened as the plane was landing, it is believed.

Following the emergency landing, the aircraft overshot the runway and suffered some damage.

There were different reports as to which company owned the plane.

[phantom]

Tu-154M RA-85744

[SPL]

On the Telegraaf a small picture:

http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/8407 ... html?p=2,1

Looks like it ended up at a little hill, resulting in a broken front fuselage of the aircraft


Groeten Martijn

[Trout89]

The very same Tupolev flew the Belgian Footballteam to Voronez two weeks ago
http://www.mst-aviation.nl/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=19563

[Jaap]

With thanks to Flightglobal for the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwywfVK-mXY

Jaap

[Optimus]

With thanks to Flightglobal for the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwywfVK-mXY

Jaap

That's some very impressive/dramatic footage.

It missed the whole runway and it's therefore nothing short of a miracle only 2 people were killed in the initial crash.

RIP.

Kees