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Boeing plane: 94 escape death in Russia

By maritimemag February 10, 2020

The UT Air plane on its belly after hard landing in Russia. Source: Video image grab

A Boeing 737-500 airliner arriving at Usinsk airport in the Komi Republic about 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) from Moscow with 94 people on board made a hard landing in north-western Russia on Sunday.

UT air said the airliner, made the hard landing because of wind shear – a sudden change of wind velocity and/or direction but no one was badly hurt.

The plane’s main landing gear was damaged in the landing but the crew managed to bring the aircraft to a halt on the runway.

All passengers and crew safely left the airliner.

Pictures posted on the websites of the regional government and emergency situations ministry showed the airliner lying flat on its belly on a runway covered partly with snow.

Last week in Istanbul, a Pegasus Airline Boeing 737 almost made a hard landing, skidding off the runway with several fatalities and scores of injuries reported.