1 dead, 8 injured in Russian jet emergency landing

There was a You Tube video but I don’t remember the exact title. They came down very high and fast and touched down late on the runway. I guess the fact that 167 survived lends credence to a remarkable effort by the crew.

This was a ‘dead stick’ landing with no generators?

through low cloud? and still made an airfield?

remarkable achievement in getting it down at all.

Criminal Probe Launched Into Tu-154 Crash

By Leithen Francis [email]Leithen_Francis@aviationweek.com[/email]

Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the fatal crash landing of a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger aircraft at Moscow Domodedovo Airport on Dec. 4.

Two people on board the JSC South East Airlines flight were killed and 82 hospitalized, says the Moscow Interregional Department of Investigation, which has launched an investigation to try and determine the circumstances and cause of the accident.

The department says it is treating this as a criminal case based on part three, article 263 of the criminal code, relating to violation of traffic rules and operating of aircraft….

A very good point. There’s no way that the fuel tanks did not rupture on impact by the look of the wreckage.

Sad news. Makes you wonder what caused the loss of all three engines. I wonder if there being no post crash fire is a possible clue?
We’ll see what the investigators find out.

Just come in the inbox :

ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST
Date: 04 DEC 2010
Time: 14:49
Type: Tupolev 154M
Operator: Dagestan Airlines
Registration: RA-85744
C/n / msn: 92A-927
First flight: 1992
Engines: 3 Soloviev D-30KU-154-II
Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 9
Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 169
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) (Russia)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO)
Destination airport: Makhachkala Airport (MCX)
Flightnumber: 372
A Tupolev 154M passenger jet, registration RA-85744, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME), Russia. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) of Russia there were 160 passengers and nine crew members on board. MChS also reports that two persons were killed and 78 were injured. The airplane departed Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) at 14:10 on a domestic flight to Makhachkala Airport (MCX). About 14:22, at a distance of about 80 km from Moskva-Domodedovo Airport and at an altitude of 9100m the crew reported the successive engine failure of all three engines and the loss of generators and navigational equipment. The crew decided to divert to Moskva-Domodedovo Airport (DME) for an emergency landing. Air traffic control radioed position reports but visual contact with the ground could not be obtained until breaking through the overcast at about 500 feet.The TU-154 landed to the right of the runway and continued until it struck a small earthen mound, causing it to split into three parts. Weather about the time of the emergency landing (11:49 UTC): UUDD 041130Z 19004MPS 9999 OVC005 M01/M02 Q1010 32550195 82550195 TEMPO FZRA= [11:30 UTC: Wind 190 degrees at 4 m/s (8 kts); 500 ft. (150 m) overcast; Temperature -1°C; dew point -2°C; 1010 hPa; Freezing Rain] UUDD 041200Z 20003MPS 160V230 9999 OVC004 M01/M02 Q1010 64550195 TEMPO FZRA= [12:00 UTC: Wind 200 degrees (variable from 160 to 230) at 3 m/s (6 kts); 400 ft. (120 m) overcast; Temperature -1°C; dew point -2°C; 1010 hPa; Freezing Rain]

another TU 154 involved. reports suggest 2 confirmed deaths now.