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

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: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 16 2019, @01:54PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 16 2019, @01:54PM (#881062) Journal

    On the other hand, landing in dirt and grass is common, and a similar dual engine failure happened to TACA Flight 110 which was able to land, gear down, on a dirt levee without any damage.

    Well, yeah.
    Every now and then a novice pilot fails to transform his plane into a fireball. But those events are rare enough (very... large... grin...)

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @02:44PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @02:44PM (#881101)

    do you have to end every single fucking post with a sarcastic shadenfreude rictus

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 16 2019, @03:11PM (1 child)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 16 2019, @03:11PM (#881120) Journal

      Only when I intend the fucking post marked with a sarcastic shadenfreude rictus to be taken as a joke.

      If I manage to project a sense of black humor and cynical attitude to the audience, I managed in my intention.
      If not, well... I fall back in reminding myself that not everybody in this world can be full-witted (grin)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @10:13PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @10:13PM (#881307)

        I'm not a nihilist I'm just full-witted!