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Ural Airlines A321 Lands Gear Up, Engines Off

posted by martyb on Friday August 16 2019, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the Approved-by-Sully dept.

pkrasimirov writes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49355236

A Russian passenger plane has made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Moscow after striking a flock of birds.

At least 74 people were injured in the incident, which saw the plane land with its engines off and landing gear retracted, emergency officials said.

[...] The Kremlin on Thursday hailed the pilots as heroes for "saving people's lives and landing the plane". A spokesman said they would receive state awards soon.

The airline said the plane was significantly damaged and would not fly again. An official investigation is under way.

[...] The plane had more than 230 passengers and crew on board when the birds were reportedly sucked into its engines and the crew immediately decided to land.

[...] Collisions between birds and planes are a common occurrence in aviation, with thousands reported every year in the US alone. However, they rarely result in accidents or cause damage to the aircraft.

Flight is U6178 Moscow-Simferopol, plane was VQ-BOZ.

Reports say one engine was out and the other was badly damaged so the crew shut it off. But on this video I can hear some engine noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f893GhbiBA

Glide-landing 7 crew, 226 passengers, and ~6 tons of jet fuel safely in a corn field is undoubtedly an achievement.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @12:59PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @12:59PM (#881030)

    Is it possible the russians are responsible for this? Whatever happened to that space station sabotage?

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  • (Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Friday August 16 2019, @01:57PM (3 children)

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 16 2019, @01:57PM (#881066)

    Russians sabotoge themselves? Risking their 233 people and ruining the mighty expensive aircraft? And then the pilots are set for medals because... the sabotage failed? Or do you mean it wend all as planned? I am really trying to get your picture here...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @02:36PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @02:36PM (#881092)

      They possibly did it to take some of the heat off Trump.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday August 16 2019, @02:36PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 16 2019, @02:36PM (#881093) Journal

      The Kremlin on Thursday hailed the pilots as heroes for "saving people's lives and landing the plane". A spokesman said they would receive state awards soon.

      What caliber [lexico.com] are those awards?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @11:54PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @11:54PM (#881349)

      If I remember right, it wasn't all that long ago we had to land one of ours in the Hudson River.

      You do what you gotta do with the cards you are dealt.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @10:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @10:15PM (#881308)

    Possible? Just logically it is the only answer. Of course it might have been Trump trying to dislodge his jaw from Putin's cock, the plane was just a metaphor you see?