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  • Emergency landing of Tu-154 plane near Moscow (Eyewitness footage)

    05/04/2011 2:07:55 AM PDT · by Freelance Warrior · 5 replies
    RIAN Novosti ^ | May, 3, 2011 | RIAN
    A video posted on YouTube (follow the link above to watch) shows the Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-154B-2 in a condition known as Dutch roll, at a very low altitude, minutes after taking off from the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow on April 29. The pilots managed to land the plane on their second attempt, despite the aircraft banking and pitching wildly. Other sources in Russian claim that the plane hadn't been used for at least 6 years before they decided to flew it to a repairing plant in Samara. The Supreme Military Prosecuting Agency said to journalists that the plane's...