The crash landing of a Tu-204 aircraft at "Vnukovo" airport has cost the lives of four crew members, according to the clarified data of the Information Agency of Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.The Tu-204 of a Russian airline company skidded off the runway at Moscow airport "Vnukovo" today, breaking the fences of the Kievskoe highway, broke into several pieces and caught fire. The fire has now been extinguished.
Earlier it was reported that five people survived the incident, four of them were injured. The official representative of the Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, says that, according to preliminary data, the cause of the emergency situation is pilot's error.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered a commission to be established to investigate the crash landing of the Tu-204.
The aircraft of the Red Wings Airlines took off from the Czech town of Pardubice, heading to Moscow. There were no passengers on board. First aid for those on board has been assisted by passing motorists on the Kievskoe highway.
The number of victims of the air crash in Vnukovo has reached four people
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