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.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 16 2019, @01:54PM (3 children)
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...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @02:44PM (2 children)
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)
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)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 16 2019, @10:13PM
I'm not a nihilist I'm just full-witted!