A deadly plane crash, involving a Tu-204 jet, took place yesterday, just outside the Vnukovo airport, in Moscow. Apparently, after the preliminary investigation, the fault was attributed to the pilot, who had made an excessively hard landing.

A total of four people died in the crash, including the captain, co-pilot, flight engineer and flight attendant. An additional four people were taken to hospital, and remain in critical condition.

Now, these things don`t normally end up on video, but a Russian driver, with a dash-mounted camera, was driving on the highway at the precise moment of the crash. The plane can be seen crashing into the ground pretty clearly, hurling debris at high speed towards the road, hitting the cars with some force.

We had honestly not seen a crash like this ever caught on video, and this video shows just what sort of powerful forces are at work, in the event of a plane crash, and why the death toll is usually very high – there were only about twelve people aboard the Tu-204, which was bound for Pardubice, in the Czech Republic.