44 dead in Russian plane crash: report June 21, 2011 -

[scanhorse]

44 dead in Russian plane crash: report
June 21, 2011 - 11:07AM

Forty-four people were killed and eight survived with serious injuries when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway before landing, leaving bodies strewn over the road.
The RussAir Tu-134 tried to land just before midnight local time on Monday on a motorway two kilometres from Petrozavodsk airport in the Karelia region of northern Russia.
But the plane, which was carrying out a flight from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, crashed and caught fire before it approached the airport.

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[speedbird1960]

Hi Ulf.

Here is a report from Aviation herald

Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway

http://avherald.com/h?article=43e7c1b7&opt=0

Photos of the crash site

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2079086,00.html

Mike / Speedbird

[scanhorse]

Official: Navigator In Russian Plane Crash Drunk

A spokesman for Russia's top investigative body says the navigator of a passenger airline that crashed in June killing 47 people was drunk.
The Tu-134 slammed into a highway just minutes before it was to land at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia's northwest on June 20. Five people survived.
Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee, said Sunday on Russian state television that "the navigator of the airliner was in a condition of alcoholic intoxication." He did not say whether the man was at the controls at the time of the crash.
The broadcast did not specify the level of intoxication, but said experts believe the navigator, who was killed in the crash, had consumed about a glass of vodka shortly before the RusAir flight that originated in Moscow.

http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=39279

The navigator "was in a light state of alcoholic intoxication" with a blood alcohol level of 0.81, as the crew attempted to land the plane in bad weather, the Interstate Aviation Committee said in a report posted on its website.

http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=49855

avherald.com
Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) have released their final report in Russian

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43e7c1b7/0003&opt=0