Two Russian Il-76 planes collide, 4 dead
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Two Russian Il-76 planes collide, 4 dead
Two planes collide at Makhachkala airport, 4 killed, 5 injured and 1 went missing
[ 16 Jan 2009 10:30 ] 
Baku – APA. Two Il-76 planes of Russian Interior Ministry Troops collided at the airport of Makhachkala. Dagestan Interior Ministry says that 4 were killed, 5 injured and 1 went missing in the aftermath of the accident.
The accident occurred at 21.10 (Moscow time) on January 15.
An airport spokesman said: "As an empty Il-76 was taking off from Makhachkala airport, another Il-76, with servicemen on board, was landing. The landing aircraft clipped the cockpit of the Il-76 that was taking off with its wing, and the cockpit caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the flame."
Russian Interior Ministry official Vasili Panchenko told RIA Novosti that 5 crew members had been injured.
He said that fire had not broken out in the planes, one of them had serious mechanical damage.
“There was no one except the crew members on board,” he said.
Panchenko said special commission had been set up and investigation would be carried out.
A source in the Russian aeronavigation service told RIA Novosti earlier that those killed were members of the crew of the plane that was taking off, adding that there were 31 passengers in the landing plane and all came out alive.
Makhachkala airport will remain closed until a special decision is issued.
[ 16 Jan 2009 10:30 ] Baku – APA. Two Il-76 planes of Russian Interior Ministry Troops collided at the airport of Makhachkala. Dagestan Interior Ministry says that 4 were killed, 5 injured and 1 went missing in the aftermath of the accident.
The accident occurred at 21.10 (Moscow time) on January 15.
An airport spokesman said: "As an empty Il-76 was taking off from Makhachkala airport, another Il-76, with servicemen on board, was landing. The landing aircraft clipped the cockpit of the Il-76 that was taking off with its wing, and the cockpit caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the flame."
Russian Interior Ministry official Vasili Panchenko told RIA Novosti that 5 crew members had been injured.
He said that fire had not broken out in the planes, one of them had serious mechanical damage.
“There was no one except the crew members on board,” he said.
Panchenko said special commission had been set up and investigation would be carried out.
A source in the Russian aeronavigation service told RIA Novosti earlier that those killed were members of the crew of the plane that was taking off, adding that there were 31 passengers in the landing plane and all came out alive.
Makhachkala airport will remain closed until a special decision is issued.
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Reading the Russian it appears that the aircraft "taking off" was actually on the ground in the vicinity of the runway hold point, presumably preparing for departure, and was struck by an aircraft landing. The flight deck and front end of the aircraft awaiting departure were demolished, from the wing root rearward the structure looks pretty intact.
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looks really bad on video Ïåðâûé êàíàë. Îôèöèàëüíûé ñàéò
