Scary Crash

[altstiff 71]

This video shows the scary crash by the RedWings Airlines Tu-204 today from a camera on a automobile near Vukono.

 

Thankfully the traffic seemed light there...sad the crew perished but it could have been much worse

 

 

From the rate of impact in the video, it looks like they were trying to go around and couldn't get off? Can't see them "sliding" that fast.

[Tatave 57]

Woah! I've seen some photos, but I thought the impact was WAY slower than this.

[Rations 102]

It must have been so frightening to be in any of those vehicles, especially the aircraft (obviously) and the car that was hit by debris! It's so sad that this incident occurred right before the new year.

[VeryBumpy 272]

Reports say it overran the runway. Hate to see errors like this, lucky the plane was mostly empty.

[HiFlyer 9,363]

Betcha if that driver was a bit bored, he/she wasn't after that!

[Tatave 57]

Wait... That piece of debris that hit the other car, was that the nosewheel tyre?

 

The cockpit looked intact on this photo: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-30/four-killed-as-russian-plane-crashes-on-motorway/4447412

 

According to most Google results, 4 died.

 

RIP :(

[Rations 102]

Wait... That piece of debris that hit the other car, was that the nosewheel tyre?

That's what it looked like. The driver was either very lucky or skilled to be able to maintain control after such an impact! He swerved a little, but didn't roll over or total his car.

 

It must be very interesting explaining this situation to the insurance company, similar to

. . . .

 

In all seriousness, condolences to the families and victims involved in this tragic incident.

[ZachLW 37]

That was traumatizing, even to me as a viewer. :unsure:

[MarkW 1,494]

Quite an amazing video, what is it with Russian drivers video recording their car rides. Are you using a GoPro or some other system, seems like tons of car accident videos on YouTube recorded this way.

[molleh 451]

Quite an amazing video, what is it with Russian drivers video recording their car rides. Are you using a GoPro or some other system, seems like tons of car accident videos on YouTube recorded this way.

 

Apparently, from what I've read, insurance fraud is rampant in Russia (and some other eastern European countries) so many drivers use dash cams to cover their butts. Honestly though, from watching many "crash compilation" videos on youtube.. it seems more like drivers are just straight up insane in Russia.

[n4gix 4,949]

I never realized just how "modern" the TU-204 actually is. Even though I don't read Cyrillic, I could mentally "translate" most of the labels.

 

The Jeppeson chart of Russian airspace was quite a surprise also! :lol:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nNvrHkvYtQA

[psolk 3,053]

Reports say it overran the runway. Hate to see errors like this, lucky the plane was mostly empty.

 

No one said it was an error yet, don't make assumptions... The suspected cause is brake failure. If you put down then deploy reverse then go to brake and get nothing there is no way you are going around...

[HiFlyer 9,363]

Irregardless of blame, family's have lost loved ones right on the edge of what should have been a hopefull new year. The time and date shouldn't make a difference, but somehow it does, and my sincere sympathies to the families.

[altstiff 71]

Yes, very sad indeed.

 

We rarely if ever see the TU-204 here at CYYZ. I was fortunate to shoot the Cubana Cargo bird a few time at CYYZ.

 

 

And a photo

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/A5eY3uSAIVXkZgoA0qXwAtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

[NGXfanatic 85]

Wikipedia's page on the aircraft mentions there was another runway overrun incident just 9 days prior to this event. Similarly, brake failure is the suspect cause.