The plane landed, but the pilot lost control on the runway. The plane rolled out of runway boundaries, broke in two and caught fire killing 159 people. Photos are very graphic, be careful.
On Saturday, in the west of Russia, the aircraft of Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed. According to the official data, all 97 people aboard were killed. We express our condolences to the whole Poland, friends and relatives of the victims. Eternal Rest...
During the air show in the Indian city of Hyderabad, a plane crashed into a three-storey building. The pilot died in this crash. Four people were hospitalized with injuries.
According to the Telegraph.co.uk "at least nine people were killed and 50 injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed on landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol international airport. The plane, with 135 people on board, crashed in a field near a motorway and broke into three pieces. The fact that the plane crash landed in a muddy, plowed field may have contributed to making the accident less deadly by absorbing much of the force of the hard impact. At first, the airline said everyone survived, but the fatalities were made public later.
Turkish television reported the two-engine plane had run out of fuel, but a Turkish Transport Ministry undersecretary said that was speculation".
Shortly after the take-off, the jet Airbus A320 with 155 passangers on its board made an emergency landing in the Hudson River, in New York. It seems that the cause of the accedent is a flock of birds that the plane flew into. The effective and efficient work of emergency workers resulted in keeping the death toll at zero. About 30 persons were injured but none of them seriously. Many credit the quick thinking of the plane's chief officer, Chesley B. Sulllenberger III, for the plane's relatively safe landing.