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A video of Moscow plane crash has emerged showing how close one motorist came to becoming another victim of the deadly event.

At least four Russians died when a passenger airliner overshot a runway and broke into pieces Vnukovo airport.

Officials said up to eight people were on board the Tupolev-204 – flight number RWZ9268 – as it rolled off the runway at Vnukovo airport and burst through a perimeter fence onto a highway.

And this incredible video shows how a casual weekend drive could have resulted in catastrophic consequences.

The driver’s camera captures the moment the plane crashes into the highway, and you can even make out one the plane’s wheels hurtling into the vehicle in front.

After a screeching of brakes and loud impact noise, the driver casually brings the car to a halt by the side of the road.

State television news channel Vestishowed a photo of the wrecked plane’s fuselage with the livery of the low-cost Russian Red Wings airline. Its nose, including the cockpit area, appeared sheared off.

A video of Moscow plane crash has emerged showing how close one motorist came to becoming another victim of the deadly event

A video of Moscow plane crash has emerged showing how close one motorist came to becoming another victim of the deadly event

Two people were found dead at the scene, while a third victim, a 27-year-old woman, died on the way to hospital. Three others were severely injured.

The captain and co-pilot were among those killed, reported Interfax.

Interior Ministry officials believe the cause of the crash could be pilot error. Light snow was falling in Moscow at the time.

The plane was flying in from Pardubice, in the Czech Republic after dropping off tourists and then returning to its home Moscow base with just crew on board.

A criminal case over possible flight safety violations has been launched, said official spokesman of Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said.

The preliminary cause of the accident is pilots’ error, he added.

Early reports say the jet, crashed at around 16:35 local time after being forced to make a second landing attempt.

It rolled out from the runway into Kievskoye Highway, fell into three pieces and caught fire over 100 square meters.

It has been claimed that vehicles used by Vnukovo firefighters were being repaired so the first emergency crews to appear on the scene arrived at least than 50 minutes after the blaze broke out.

One motorist told Interfax: “There was a front part of the plane lying on half of the highway, the right wing attached to it was on fire.”

Another said: “The body of the plane was off the road. It grasped my attention that the plane body was not much damaged and inside, where the passengers should sit, there was nobody, the seats were empty.”

Prior to Saturday’s crash, there had been no fatal accidents reported for Tu-204s, which entered commercial service in 1995. The plane is a twin-engine mid-range jet with a capacity of about 210 passengers.

Vnukovo, on the southern outskirts of Moscow, is one of the Russian capital’s three international airports.

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A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road outside Moscow killing at least four people, reports say.

Russian state television says the plane overshot the runway after landing.

Details are still emerging, but images of the scene on Twitter appear to show a badly-damaged aircraft lying in several pieces across a major road.

Some reports say the aircraft caught fire.

Reports said there were between eight and 12 people on board the Red Wings Tupolev-204, flight number RWZ9268, which was landing at Vnukovo airport.

Images of the scene show the aircraft split into several pieces, with the cockpit on the road.

Four people were severely injured, emergency officials said.

A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road outside Moscow, killing at least four people

A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road outside Moscow, killing at least four people

The plane’s tail and cockpit had broken off but the fuselage was largely intact.

There were fire engines at the scene and smoke could be seen rising from parts of the wreckage.

The plane had arrived in Moscow from the Czech Republic, government officials said.

The incident is said to have taken place at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport.

The images on Twitter show a plane bearing the Red Wings airlines livery, with the tail and cockpit broken off but the fuselage largely intact.

There are fire engines at the scene and smoke can be seen rising from the wreckage.

Unconfirmed reports say the plane had arrived from the Czech Republic with around eight passengers and four crew on board. The plane was reported to be a Tupolev-204.

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