Cause of Saturday's TU-154 crash was not fuel

Yesterday, December 6th, the Moscow Interregional Transportation
Authority opened the sealed tank with kerosene, from which the Tu-154
of Dagestan Airlines took fuel before the crash, and allowed the
airport administration to charge other aircraft with its fuel,
Kommersant reports.

As “Vestnik Kavkaza” reported on December 4th, the Dagestan Airlines
Tu-154 flying from Moscow to Makhachkala made an emergency landing at
Domodedovo Airport. During landing the aircraft skidded off the runway
and crashed into ground constructions.

On board the liner were 9 crew members and 160 passengers, including 7
children. The accident resulted in the deaths of two people. At the
moment, 58 people remain in hospitals, 14 of them in serious
condition.