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Russian plane crashes into road outside Moscow
Clean Media Correspondent
Moscow, Dec 29 (CMC) A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road after overshooting a runway at a Moscow airport, killing at least four people, police say.
Reports said there were between eight and 12 people on board the Tupolev-204, which had the flight number RWZ9268 and was landing at Vnukovo airport.
Images of the scene show the aircraft split into several pieces, with the cockpit on the road and the fuselage across the crash barrier.
Several people were reportedly injured.
The images show a plane bearing the Red Wings airlines livery, with the tail and cockpit broken off but the fuselage largely intact.
There were fire engines at the scene and smoke could be seen rising from parts of the wreckage.
The plane had arrived in Moscow from the Czech Republic, government officials said.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash.
Russian plane crashes into road outside Moscow
Clean Media Correspondent
Moscow, Dec 29 (CMC) A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road after overshooting a runway at a Moscow airport, killing at least four people, police say.
Reports said there were between eight and 12 people on board the Tupolev-204, which had the flight number RWZ9268 and was landing at Vnukovo airport.
Images of the scene show the aircraft split into several pieces, with the cockpit on the road and the fuselage across the crash barrier.
Several people were reportedly injured.
The images show a plane bearing the Red Wings airlines livery, with the tail and cockpit broken off but the fuselage largely intact.
There were fire engines at the scene and smoke could be seen rising from parts of the wreckage.
The plane had arrived in Moscow from the Czech Republic, government officials said.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash.
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