Clear Video of Flaming Plane Crash in Siberian River
- Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:46pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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New video has gone viral of a Antonov-24 Russian passenger plane that was forced to make an emergency landing on water in Eastern Siberia Monday. The pilot had reported difficulties and decided to attempt landing the 36-year-old flaming aircraft on the River Ob. The plane was carrying 36 people, and can clearly be seen with one of its engines a blaze. The crash resulted in seven deaths with two additional survivors in critical condition, and eighteen passengers still in the hospital. The majority of the passengers were able to escape while the plane stayed afloat in the cold waters.
Relatives of those killed in the crash will receive $35,500 in compensation per family, and those seriously injured will get about $10,600 each.
Along with last month’s Tupolev jet crash killing 44 and the sinking of a cruise ship holding more than 200 on board Sunday, concerns have been raised in regards to the safety of Russia’s aging transportation industry. New York Times:
“On Monday, Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, recommended grounding all Tupelev-134s and Antonov-24s currently in use in the Russian civilian fleet. Pending an investigation, he said, the crew involved in Monday’s crash should be commended for minimizing casualties ‘under very difficult flying conditions.’
The Antonov-24, a mid-size twin engine propeller plane, was first built in the 1960s and is still widely used in the countries of the former Soviet Union and other poorer countries, despite its abysmal safety record. There have been 1,971 recorded fatalities in 134 accidents since the plane began commercial flights, according to the Aviation Safety Network.”
Note to self, fly American.
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Yeah_Buddy
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:04amThank you for flying us…you’ve just completed the safest part of your journey. Have a nice swim!
Report Post »ginpa
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:42amHow many of our good men and women dropped out of the astronaut program since they heard that they would have to “hitch a ride” with the Russians? If they take care of their space craft the way they take car of their flying fleet we will see many more deaths at their hands.
Report Post »nuttyvet
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:12pmWell… it put the fire out. (I’m a former AF Nav – I’m allowed dark plane crash humor)
Report Post »nuttyvet
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:33pmOh and having seen the Russian contract pilots first hand over in Iraq… this should happen more than it does. If fact, it happens quite a bit, just look up crashes of the AN-12 or AN-124 (we called them the C-130ski and the C-17ski)
Report Post »CygnusX1
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 12:22am@SGTB – “… so long as government oversight and regulation (FAA) don’t screw it up royally.”
That is guaranteed!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:03pmWow, that one was really toasted! He’s lucky the wing structure held together until impact! The pilot will always ask himself if he saved 29 or killed 7, but it looks to me that he clearly saved 29! The water landing mitigated any fire–which surely would have been a big problem with ANY kind of ground landing!
Report Post »Metalist
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:47pmLuckily, the Bamster is going to “Restore science to its rightful place.”… remember?
Report Post »NASA is hard at work.. wait, they are doing muslim outreach now, aren’t they?
Glenn was right. I don’t recognize the world, much less the US.
joan k
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:24pmAnd our astronauts will be hitching rides with the Russians from now on to the International Space Station. I bet they will be wishing they were on earlier flights or ours.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:52pmLooks like the pilot tried to pull off a “Captain Sully”.
So sad for the injured and the ones who died.
Report Post »Shellback
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:03amJoan,
Report Post »You should try to find the History channel special on the Russian space program. Yuri Gargarian didn’t land in his craft. He parachuted out cause the Russians weren‘t sure he’d survive the landing. Other cosmonauts were killed by the impact of the capsule with the ground. We lost three astronauts due to fire; the Russians lost over 100 people, technicians, a couple of astronauts, and some political officials due to a refueling incident that caught fire. I don’t have any faith in their program. God help our future astronauts that depend on the Russians getting them into space and back safely.
Carol Ingian
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:14pmWhat a horror this must have been for the survivors, and for the victims families.
Report Post »I feel badly for them.
Russia needs to take better care of their citizens!
Legal Immigrant
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:28pmStayed afloat?
Looking at the pictures, it seems it was in no danger of sinking.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:25pmThis is typical of Russia.. Why do you think they gave up on going to the moon? They were leading the USA for a while and then POOF you hear nothing from them durring the Apollo missions.
Report Post »NAVYGUYGRAY
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:24pmI least the families got money.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:20pmClear video? Looks like a speck in the distance.
Report Post »Kizzume
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:44pmThat’s pretty much what I was thinking.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:59pmAnd Obama wants to add rocket trains to our transportation system. They will be just another money pit and or killer in the future.
Sorry to hear about the injuries and deaths.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:58pmAnd the Russians have the audacity to challenge our culture of freedom?
Report Post »frustratedwithgovt
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:57pmWow. An average of 14 deaths per accident. Its amazing they are still flying those death traps.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 8:54pmSo lets rely on them to fly our astronauts into space. Scary.
Report Post »sarcasticus
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 9:19pmYou said it! The Russians haven’t exactly spawned a reputation for paying attention to the details when it comes to aircraft maintenance. They’ll have no problem taking whatever parts from that wreck that merely look airworthy and use them on other aircraft.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:17pmI was thinking the same thing too……. Someone called in to Rush’s show today and talk about how the shuttles, spec’d out to run 100 missions each had only run about 35 each. So as he is killing our space programs, he’s also putting our astronauts in grave danger. God I hate BO. Guy really deserves to be impeached and tossed in a jail cell with his ***** wife to rot for eternity.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on July 12, 2011 at 11:18pmOnly good thing about the gutting of Nasa is the increased demand in the free market that should spur new and better development paid for by private entities in competition… so long as government oversight and regulation (FAA) don’t screw it up royally.
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