Captain Damir Yusupov and First Officer Gregory Murzin saved the lives of 234 passengers on board Ural Airlines flight U6178 from Moscow Zhukovsky airport for a domestic flight to Simferopol.
The Airbus A321 crash-landed this morning in a cornfield outside Moscow after the plane lost both engines, even though the weather was good when Ural Air flight U6178 took off from Moscow Zhukovsky airport for a domestic flight to Simferopol.
Landing U6178 under such conditions and only injuring 23 passengers is close to a miracle. who successfully landed their aircraft in a cornfield after losing both engines due to bird strikes
Upon take-off the aircraft sustained “numerous strikes from birds” to its powerplants, and “made an emergency landing”, says the Russian Airliner
It came down in a field, apparently a few moments after take-off from runway 12.in a cornfield close by.
Russia’s federal Investigative Committee has opened a routine criminal probe into the event, stating that the aircraft made a “hard landing” in a field in the Ramenskoye district.
It says an investigative team is organizing the necessary actions with the aim of establishing “all the circumstances and cause of the crash.
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- The Airbus A321 crash-landed this morning in a cornfield outside Moscow after the plane lost both engines, even though the weather was good when Ural Air flight U6178 took off from Moscow Zhukovsky airport for a domestic flight to Simferopol.
- It says an investigative team is organizing the necessary actions with the aim of establishing “all the circumstances and cause of the crash.
- It came down in a field, apparently a few moments after take-off from runway 12.
