Passenger plane on fire in Moscow

[TangoWhiskey]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/1...rd-landing-outside-moscow-reportedly-on-fire/

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Only twelve crew on board, all twelve rescued, two in critical condition. Ended up on a highway:

First pic, via twitter:

https://mobile.twitter.com/RT_com/status/285006960309465088/photo/1

 

[flyingron]

Four dead. Four in hospital. In a fit of Russian efficiency, investigators have already preliminarily fixed the blame on pilot error.

 

[flyingmoose]

Imagine that. A crash in Russia?? Unheard of

 

[N801BH]

Video of the crash from a dash cam......

Notice the row of three seats on the highway....
Poor pilots..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

&feature=player_embedded

 

[Sac Arrow]

Interestingly enough, when the local news ran that story, their "plane crash" icon was a shilouette of a Cessna 172.

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Video of the crash from a dash cam......

Notice the row of three seats on the highway....
Poor pilots..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

&feature=player_embedded

Wow! Talk about being in the right place at the right (wrong?!) time!!

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Did you see the nose wheel tire hit the car in front of the guy filming?!

 

[zaitcev]

In a fit of Russian efficiency, investigators have already preliminarily fixed the blame on pilot error.

Actually they didn't. It's a speculation on forums. Apparently the specific airline had 3 runway overruns in quick succession, one of which was fully investigated and blamed on squat switches freezing. However, people qualified on the type claim that both thrust reversers and wheel brakes have overrides for this kind of failure, and so the crew should have realized the failure and applied braking in time. In other words, failure of squat switches exposed training deficiencies.