On Saturday, an airplane that was going to land at the Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow from the Czech Republic missed the runway for landing and flew into a highway barrier then into the ground. Even though there were no passengers on board, there were eight crew members. Of those eight members, four of them died in the crash and the other four suffered head injuries and are now in various hospitals in Russia. Of those who died were the pilot, the co-pilot, a flight engineer, and a flight attendant. Up until a few days ago, the four other flight attendants in the hospitals were thought to be able to get better. One of these flight attendants who was wounded died in the hospital, raising the death toll from four to five. The Russian government is giving the families of those who were killed 1 million rubles or $33,000 in financial aid. Because of Russia's not so clean airplane crash history, the Russian aviation is setting new rules and guidelines for all airlines.
We hear about more and more airplane related deaths as the days go by. I think that countries around the world need to step up the safety, experience, and control of their airlines. What happened in Russia is tragic and should be prevented in the future by all means. I hope that Russia will be able to improve the safety and accuracy of its airlines soon.
source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/30/world/europe/russia-plane/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1
Link to video:
http://cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/12/30/wr-russia-airline-crash-latest.cnni
this is so sad i hope they will soon improve their safety.
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