Plane Overshoots Moscow Airport Runway, Catches Fire
Plane Overshoots Moscow Airport Runway, Catches Fire
Sputnik International
A Russian Tupolev Tu-204 medium-haul airliner overshot the runway while landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and rolled into out onto a highway. Its wing caught... 29.12.2012, Sputnik International
A Russian Tupolev Tu-204 medium-haul airliner overshot the runway while landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and rolled into out onto a highway. Its wing caught fire, put it was quickly put out. The accident resulted in a brief closure of the airport. Moscow’s Kievskoye Highway abutting the airport was also closed off to traffic both ways.
A Russian Tupolev Tu-204 medium-haul airliner overshot the runway while landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and rolled into out onto a highway. Its wing caught fire, put it was quickly put out. The accident resulted in a brief closure of the airport. Moscow’s Kievskoye Highway abutting the airport was also closed off to traffic both ways.
A Russian Tupolev Tu-204 medium-haul airliner overshot the runway while landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and rolled into out onto a highway. Its wing caught fire, but it was quickly put out. The accident resulted in a brief closure of the airport. Moscow’s Kievskoye Highway abutting the airport was also closed off to traffic both ways.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a special commission to be set up to investigate the accident. A criminal inquiry was opened into possible transport safety violations.
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