Related News
Pilot error may cause Russian plane's emergency landing
Source: Agencies |
December 6, 2010, Monday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
THE pilots who steered the Tu-154 that crash-landed at a Moscow airport on Saturday may be responsible for the emergency landing, the Moscow Times reported today.
The plane belonging to Dagestan Airlines, or currently known as South East Airlines, which was en route from Moscow to Dagestani capital Makhachkala, was forced to make the emergency landing due to engine failure shortly after it took off from the Moscow Vnukovo airport.
The landing killed two people and injured over 80 others out of more than 160 people aboard. The plane was also broken into three pieces as a result.
Investigators said the pilots reported the failure of all three engines about 15 minutes after the plane took off at 02:00 pm Moscow time (1100 GMT).
The pilots then decided to make an emergency landing at another Moscow airport Domodedovo despite poor visibility and a possible risk of explosion because the plane was full with fuel.
Investigators were now checking the actions of the pilots, but had no solid proof for causes of the engine failure.
Some media reports said the pilots might forget to turn off the jet's fuel booster pumps after takeoff, thus making the engines to shut down.
Other theories included poor-quality fuel and technical malfunction.
"The investigation is considering all possible versions, but none of them has been granted priority," said a statement from Russia's Investigative Committee yesterday.
The two passengers killed in the crash were Gadzhimurad Magomedov, 49, a businessman and brother of Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov, and Roza Gadzhiyeva, 80, mother of Constitutional Court judge Gadis Gadzhiyev, investigators said.
Earlier media reports said a total of three people were killed in the crash.
Some 41 passengers had returned to Makhachkala yesterday, and 36 remained hospitalized, three of whom in critical condition.
This has been the third incident involving a Tu-154 aircraft this year.
The plane belonging to Dagestan Airlines, or currently known as South East Airlines, which was en route from Moscow to Dagestani capital Makhachkala, was forced to make the emergency landing due to engine failure shortly after it took off from the Moscow Vnukovo airport.
The landing killed two people and injured over 80 others out of more than 160 people aboard. The plane was also broken into three pieces as a result.
Investigators said the pilots reported the failure of all three engines about 15 minutes after the plane took off at 02:00 pm Moscow time (1100 GMT).
The pilots then decided to make an emergency landing at another Moscow airport Domodedovo despite poor visibility and a possible risk of explosion because the plane was full with fuel.
Investigators were now checking the actions of the pilots, but had no solid proof for causes of the engine failure.
Some media reports said the pilots might forget to turn off the jet's fuel booster pumps after takeoff, thus making the engines to shut down.
Other theories included poor-quality fuel and technical malfunction.
"The investigation is considering all possible versions, but none of them has been granted priority," said a statement from Russia's Investigative Committee yesterday.
The two passengers killed in the crash were Gadzhimurad Magomedov, 49, a businessman and brother of Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov, and Roza Gadzhiyeva, 80, mother of Constitutional Court judge Gadis Gadzhiyev, investigators said.
Earlier media reports said a total of three people were killed in the crash.
Some 41 passengers had returned to Makhachkala yesterday, and 36 remained hospitalized, three of whom in critical condition.
This has been the third incident involving a Tu-154 aircraft this year.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
