A Utair Boeing 737 En Route from Moscow Crash-Landed at Usinsk in Northern Russia
A Boeing 737-500 (reg. VQ-BPS) en route from Moscow had to make a crash landing after its tail hit the runway. Luckily, the 96 people on board were unharmed.
“During a hard landing at the Usinsk Airport due to landing gear problems, the plane hit the runway with its tail. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties from the incident,” a source with the emergency services stated.
And here’s video of the landing from one of the passengers pic.twitter.com/cWBJfYSZCD
— Vasily Kuznetsov (@RuAviaPhotog) February 9, 2020
Russia's civil aviation authority revealed that the unexpected landing was due to a problem with the chassis. Usinsk Airport's original schedule has not been disrupted, and everything seems to be running as usual.
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