29 December 2012

RUSSIA / CZECH REP : 30 Dec UPDATE: Probe Begins Of Moscow Plane Crash That Killed 5, Injured 3.

                        http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/30/russia-plane-crash-investigators
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      A probe has begun into the plane crash that killed 5 crew members...and injured 3 more ...during a landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport.
      The jet ran off the runway...and nearly into a busy major highway.
      Experts are now blaming faulty brakes.
     The twin engine Russian-built Tupolov 204...flown by low cost airline Red Wings...was arriving with a crew of 8 from Pardubice in the Czech Republic...when it slid off the runway.
    Struggling Red Wings airline is owned by prominent Putin opponent...billionaire Alexander Lebedev.