Posted on 12/04/2010 6:36:23 AM PST by Cardhu
At least two people have been killed after a passenger plane skidded off the runway following an emergency landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. The Dagestan Airlines flight, with 155 passengers on board, was forced to land because its engines had reportedly cut out.
Dozens of people were injured in the incident.
It is not yet known what caused the engines to fail and an investigation has begun.
The Russian-built Tu-154 took off at 11:07am (GMT) from Vnukovo Airport, just outside Moscow.
It was heading to Makhachkala - the capital of the Republic of Dagestan.
One engine failed on take-off, the second took place during the flight and third happened as the plane was landing, it is believed.
Following the emergency landing, the aircraft overshot the runway and suffered some damage.
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Sounds like a classic fuel management issue.
Not even close to breaking news.
RIP.
“...its engines had reportedly cut out”.
That usually happens when you FORGET to top off the fuel.
The Russian-built Tu-154...
Seems to me the answer's right there.
Ah yes, the 727ski.
I dislike any aircraft with engine/vertical stabilizer combinations. Too much stress...
Not current enough? It only happened today...
I wouldn't categorize that as 'forced to land', since this was gonna happen no matter what.
Paging Sully Sullenberger...
You’re right - all three engines? Commonality here is fuel. If it were electrical/control you’d expect them all to go out simultaneously. Since they went out at different times, but in relatively short order, sounds like a fuel problem. Contamination, pumping/valving, lack-of... If they simply lacked fuel, that’d end up in the black boxes, right? Maybe fuel-flow problems??? Or just look in the tanks? (assuming no leaks/fires)
I'm an old-fashioned Boeing man, and the 747 still speaks to my heart. It's THE First Class experience, with the stairway to the stars. Of course there is the Concord!
I miss the 727s Northwest had for decades. In and out of the smallest airports, these things would do the job.
Maybe they were wanting a Gimli Glider experience?
Seems like Breaking News to me. I just heard about it on the radio and came here for more details. My nephew may have been on that flight.
I flew a few times on TU-154s. Strong, reliable airplanes, seemingly, but noisy as hell.
No comparison to a 727 in terms of creature comfort.
727’s are called the Feathered Boeing. It has so many lifting
devices that come our when rotating and landing.
Tailskid
If there in case of over rotation on take off and it's this that will first contact the runway. It is equipped with an energy absorber which consists of a cylinder with a crushable honeycomb core in the upper half. The core is replaceable. An indicator clip is riveted to the strut and attached to a wire. When the clip is sheared off by compression of the tail skid, it will be retained by the wire and a red area beneath the clip will be exposed to indicate that the core has been crushed. Operation is by the electrical system and extends when the landing gear lever is in the down position and the outboard flaps have been lowered 15 deg or more. It retracts when the gear lever is placed in the up position. It has it's own warning light on the flight engineers door annunciator panel and comes on when there is a disagreement with the landing gear lever in the up or down positions.
The British Vulcan bomber has one of these.
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