{"id":143849,"date":"2019-08-15T20:38:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=143849"},"modified":"2019-08-15T20:38:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:38:25","slug":"23-hurt-as-russian-passenger-jet-hits-flock-of-birds-and-makes-emergency-landing-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=143849","title":{"rendered":"23 hurt as Russian passenger jet hits flock of birds and makes emergency landing | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Lucia Binding, news reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A passenger jet has made an emergency landing in a field in Moscow after colliding with a flock of birds, injuring at least 23 people, Russian officials said.<\/p>\n

The Ural Airlines A321, carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven, hit the gulls as it took off from the capital’s Zhukovsky international airport en route for Simferopol in Crimea.<\/p>\n

The birds got into both of the plane’s engines and caused a malfunction, the airline said.<\/p>\n

The pilot then made an emergency landing in a cornfield about half a mile from the airport.<\/p>\n

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\"Emergency<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\nThe plane made an emergency landing in a field near Moscow’s Zhukovsky international airport<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Elena Mikheyeva, a spokeswoman for Russia’s civil aviation authority, said the engines were turned off when it made the emergency landing and also had its landing gear up.<\/p>\n

State media has called the landing the “miracle over Ramensk” – in reference to the district where the plane came down.<\/p>\n

There have also been comparisons with US Airways Flight 1549 which landed on the Hudson River in 2009 after striking a flock of geese.<\/p>\n

Twenty-three people, including five children, were taken to hospital after the Moscow incident, Russian health authorities said.<\/p>\n

Those injured were “considered to be in serious or fair condition”, it said.<\/p>\n

Ural Airlines praised the crew for their professionalism over the evacuation.<\/p>\n

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\"Emergency<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\nState media has called the landing the ‘miracle over Ramensk’ – in reference to the district where the aircraft came down<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The company said the captain is a highly experienced pilot who had flown for over 3,000 hours.<\/p>\n

It added the plane was significantly damaged and would not fly again.<\/p>\n

An official investigation is under way.<\/p>\n

Footage from the scene showed the flight commander directing passengers to walk away from the jet across the cornfield.<\/p>\n

Collisions between birds and planes are common in aviation, and while a single bird is rarely dangerous, multiple bird strikes, or hitting large birds such as Canada Geese, can and has caused serious accidents.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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