Take off and landing

In Vnukovo, a business aircraft of business aviation Challenger 800 was breaking into Berlin crashed to Berlin yesterday during the take-off of Vnukovo at the capital's airport. There were no passengers on board a small aircraft - only a crew of two pilots and an engineer for ground maintenance of the machine. According to preliminary data, American pilots piloted the plane, and the engineer was a Russian.

The catastrophe occurred at 16.36, immediately after the separation of Vnukovo-3, serving the aircraft of business aviation aircraft, immediately after separation from the ground. According to eyewitnesses, one of the two Challenger engines flashed and caught fire. It seems that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing. However, at the same time, the plane fell on the right side, touched the runway with a wing, rolled over and collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, the explosion did not occur, although the fire began. The arrived rescuers removed the crew members from the dilapidated salon. Only one pilot was seriously injured, nevertheless, all those who were on board sent to the capital's hospitals.

Vnukovo was immediately closed for take -off and landing of liners. It is equipped with two runways, but one of them is now being repaired. All planes were redirected to Sheremetyevo (accepted 2 aircraft), Domodedovo (23 aircraft), and one liner sat in Nizhny Novgorod.

After the firefighters extinguished the wreckage of the aircraft, the emergency brigades began to evacuate them from the flight field.

Challenger's remnants were taken to the hangar, where they should later study experts of a special commission - an operational headquarters was created to investigate the causes of the disaster.

Vnukovo "Gazeta" reported that the aircraft was operated by the Swiss airline Tag Aviation. Meanwhile, in the center of automated air traffic control, they clarified that the owner of Challenger is the company Nabban Investment Inc., registered in the Virgin Islands, and the tenant in Russia is Fort Aero.

It is known that the liner arrived in Moscow on February 4 from Geneva with two passengers (their surnames are not called).

Challenger 800 brand aircraft is produced by the Canadian corporation Bombardier Aerospace. Mark was developed in 1995. A 26-meter plane can take up to 19 passengers on board, but a load of 15 people is considered optimal. The flight of the business liner is about 5 thousand kilometers. Serial Challenger 800 costs about $ 30 million. But its price can be much higher if the plane is specially finalized at the request of the client, is equipped with a VIP salon and other amenities.

02/13/2007 / Marina Roshcha, the material was published in the newspaper No. 27 dated 02/14/2007.