IAC: Red Wings Tu-204 crash caused by landing gear control failure

Polina Borodina January 24, 2013
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) has determined the cause of a Red Wings Airlines’ Tupolev Tu-204 crash last month. According to the IAC, two out of three landing gears did not receive the correct signal for strut compression, causing the aircraft to overshoot a runway at Moscow Vnukovo...

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