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Moscow Plane Crash Caught On Passerby's Dash Cam

Posted by timothy on from the tape-it-all-let-god-sort-it-out dept.

acidradio writes "Yesterday a Tupolev 204 (Russian-made aircraft equivalent to an Airbus 321 or a shortened 757) overran the runway at Moscow Vnukovo airport and crashed into a nearby highway. A plane crash is always bad, but what makes this seem different is how well it was recorded. It seems like everyone in Russia has a dashcam, here is footage. A driver who just happened to be driving by on the nearby M3 highway (right about here on the map) is pelted by flying nose wheels and a row of coach-class seats! An accident like this has probably never been filmed so up close. We are getting better and better at recording accidents and disasters (whether by coincidence due to overuse of surveillance or maybe on purpose). What does that say about our level of documentation and recording of people's everyday lives? And what's the deal with dashcams in every Russian car?"

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, plane boards YOU!

  2. I think we can all agree by nimbius · · Score: 3, Funny

    this could have been a lot worse. Air Canada would have charged them a service fee for shuttling them to the nearest ground transportation.

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  3. Re:One word: Lawsuits by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is my wife driving. Watch the grey SUV on the right lane at 00:09.

    In my country we either sound our horn for one long continuous 30 second blast to publicly shame the offender, or simply allow the accident and claim vast sums of $currency for whiplash injury compensation. I think you guys could learn from this.

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  4. Re:Frosty piss? by dotancohen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Easy answer to this - I was working in Moscow all this year. If you have an accident, you HAVE to wat for the police to come to make an official report, (otherwise your car insurance will not pay out).

    When they get there, the person with the biggest bribe gets the favourable report...

    So, better to have a dashcam...

    That's a good thing, too. I imagine that the airline could afford a bigger bribe than the dashcam driver.

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