Investigators Focus On Tu-204 Reversers and Brakes
A Tupolev Tu-204 crashed into a Moscow highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo on December 29. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
A Tupolev Tu-204 crashed into a Moscow highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo on December 29. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Russian accident investigators appear to be focusing on possible failures in the thrust reversers and/or brakes of a Red Wings Airlines Tupolev Tu-204 airliner that crashed into a Moscow highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo Airport on December 29. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Pardubice in the Czech Republic with no passengers. Five of the eight crewmembers on board were killed, including the captain, first officer, flight engineer and two flight attendants.