Russian airliner reportedly veers off runway, hundreds feared killed

[Roon]

breaking on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[blue sky at night]

1. no story, just headline

[knitter4democracy]

2. Here's a new link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773633/

This looks bad.

[cboy4]

4. A390?? There's no such type of airbus...maybe an A300??

facts people. facts.

[karlrschneider]

7. Yeah, isn't the yet-to-be-certified A380 the latest & biggest?

Something ain't right about this story...

[Eugene]

10. BBC says the plane is an Airbus A-310

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5162082.stm

The AP information must be a typo.

[cboy4]

12. Yea, this is the type: A310 Sibir (Siberia Airlines) widebody

[merwin]

8. Looks like the A390 Sonibus is the A360-200

http://www.md80.it/bbforum/airbus-a390-sonibus-airbus-a360-200-vt3352.html

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. Thanks for posting. Bless Them!

:hi: There are 40 survivors in the hospital. CNN said some escaped,sounds ominous! I wonder if it is terroism. :grouphug: :kick:

[karlrschneider]

5. An Airbus? When did Russia start buying those?

I'm sorry to hear about this but it sounds a little weird...
:eyes:

[uppityperson]

6. BBC link too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5162082.stm
A Russian airliner with 200 people on board has crashed during landing.

The Airbus A-310 plane had flown from Moscow when it crashed at Irkutsk airport in Siberia. It is not known if anyone was killed.

Russian media reported that the plane slid off the runway and hit a building when trying to land.

The Itar-Tass news agency said 40 people were taken to hospitals after the crash at 0300 local time on Monday <2300 GMT Sunday>.

[mcscajun]

9. Change in story...no one died? (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - A plane with 200 people on board crashed in Russia on Sunday, the Interfax news agency reported, but said no one had been killed.

The agency quoted the Russian Emergencies Ministry as saying that the Airbus A-310 passenger plane on a flight from Moscow to Irkutsk was carrying 192 passengers and eight crew members when it crashed in Irkutsk.

The agency said that the plane crashed during the final approach to Irkutsk, where it overran the runway, hit a concrete fence, crashed into a building and caught fire.

It said no one had died from the crash but that 40 people had been taken to a hospital.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-russia-plane.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

But AP says:

Updated: 10:37 p.m. ET July 8, 2006

MOSCOW - An airplane carrying about 200 people crashed Sunday in the Siberian city of Irkutsk and most on board were feared dead, officials said.

The Sibir Airbus A-390 crashed on landing, veering off the runway and bursting into flames, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said.

Andrianova said 43 people had been hospitalized and another 10 managed to escape. Most of the other passengers were feared dead, she said.

The plane carried a crew of eight and 192 passengers, she said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773633/

So who is right here? I refrain from comment until morning, when no doubt this story will have "developed" into facts.

[NYC]

11. That's quite a difference.

I hope they survived.

[cboy4]

13. Not to mention the A.P story talks describes a model of aircraft that

doesn't exist. :eyes:

[daleo]

14. I remember the French jet in Toronto that went off the runway

Nobody died there, so it is possible.

[WhiteTara]

15. Plane with 200 passengers crashes in Russia

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10390445


LONDON - More than 150 people are feared dead after a plane with 200 people on board crashed in Russia today, news agencies reported.

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The agency said that the plane crashed during the final approach to Irkutsk, where it overran the runway, hit a concrete fence, crashed into a building and caught fire.

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"The aircraft veered off the runway on landing. It was travelling at a terrific speed," Andrianova said.

The plane hit a concrete barrier, collapsing the front section of the aircraft, she said. It then burst into flames.

It took five emergency services more than two hours to extinguish the flames, Andrianova said.

short blurb

[Rainscents]

16. RIP for all dead and prayer for their families.

[Eugene]

17. Update: Plane Crashes in Siberia, Kills 118 - AP

AP photo link

Plane Crashes in Siberia, Kills 118

By HENRY MEYER

MOSCOW Jul 9, 2006 (AP)— A Russian passenger plane skidded off a rain-slicked
Siberian runway early Sunday and plowed through a concrete barrier, bursting
into flames. At least 118 people were killed and about 14 still unaccounted
for, officials said.

The S7 Airbus A-310 was carrying 200 people a crew of eight and 192 passengers
on a flight from Moscow to Irkutsk. Many were children headed to nearby Lake
Baikal on vacation, according to Russian news reports.

<snip>

Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2169878

[Submariner]

18. I have to fly Siberia Airlines next month

I was thinking the past week how glad I was to not have to fly a Tupelov 154 which has a horrendous crash record, I get to fly a Boeing 737, but this crash is an Airbus, so I guess they crash everything. Arrggghhhh :(

[Posteritatis]

19. 100% guaranteed safety doesn't exist

Never has, never will.