Tu-204, Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268

Scale:: 1:144
Status:: Completed
Started:: June 1, 2022
Completed:: March 31, 2023
Time spent:: 50h

Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 c. 2012
(Tupolev Tu-204-100 in 1/144 scale, Zvezda kit # 7023 @2017 (2018 release).

Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 was a Tupolev Tu-204-100 passenger jet that crashed on landing at Moscow Vnukovo Airport, Russia (UUWW (VKO) on 29 December 2012, following a repositioning flight from Pardubice Airport, Czech Republic. Through a combination of weather and wind effects, design features, and pilot error, the aircraft overran the runway on landing and hit a ditch and highway structures - and an unfortunate car. There were no passengers on board, but 5 of the 8 crew members were killed.

May they rest in peace.