Russians hail ‘hero’ pilot after Moscow emergency landing

16/08/2019

epa07774759 A handout still image taken from a video footage released by the Russian Investigative Committee shows investigators near the Ural Airlines A-321 passenger plane on the site of its emergency landing in a field outside Zhukovsky airport in Ramensky district of Moscow region, 15 August 2019. A-321 with 226 passengers and 7 crew members on board en route from Moscow to Simferopol made emergency landing after a right engine failure following the plane's colliding with seagulls shortly after take-off. Ten people were hospitalized following the accident. EPA-EFE/RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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A Russian pilot was hailed as a hero on Thursday for safely landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 people in a Moscow corn field after a bird strike. The Ural Airlines A321 flying to Crimea hit a flock of seagulls shortly after take-off from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport early on Thursday. Birds were sucked into the engines and the crew decided to immediately land, bringing the plane down in the corn field about a kilometre from the runway, with the engines off and the landing gear retracted. The aircraft, carrying 226 passengers and seven crew, was evacuated using inflatable ramps. The pilot, identified as 41-year-old Yekaterinburg native Damir Yusupov, was praised for his quick thinking. (AFP)

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