Russian airliner crashes
March 23, 2010, Tuesday
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A RUSSIAN airliner carrying eight crew members and no passengers crashed in a forest while trying to land at a Moscow airport early yesterday, injuring the crew.
The Russian-made TU-204 of Aviastar-TU went down in thick fog, Domodedovo airport spokeswoman Yelena Galanova said.
Rossiya television reported that one of the flight attendants walked through the snow to a nearby highway unaided and hailed a taxi. Other crew members were rescued by emergency workers and hospitalized with injuries. One was in serious condition.
TV footage showed the plane's broken fuselage lying in the snow amid trees about 1.5 kilometers from the airport. There was no sign of fire, apparently because the plane had little fuel left when it went down.
Galanova told Rossiya television that the same plane experienced a technical malfunction over the weekend while on a commercial flight from Moscow to Egypt, and had to turn back.
She said there was no apparent link between Saturday's malfunction and yesterday's crash, saying that the crew reported no problem as it prepared to land.
The Russian-made TU-204 of Aviastar-TU went down in thick fog, Domodedovo airport spokeswoman Yelena Galanova said.
Rossiya television reported that one of the flight attendants walked through the snow to a nearby highway unaided and hailed a taxi. Other crew members were rescued by emergency workers and hospitalized with injuries. One was in serious condition.
TV footage showed the plane's broken fuselage lying in the snow amid trees about 1.5 kilometers from the airport. There was no sign of fire, apparently because the plane had little fuel left when it went down.
Galanova told Rossiya television that the same plane experienced a technical malfunction over the weekend while on a commercial flight from Moscow to Egypt, and had to turn back.
She said there was no apparent link between Saturday's malfunction and yesterday's crash, saying that the crew reported no problem as it prepared to land.
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