Chilling video from inside the cabin of the ill-fated Ural Airlines aircraft which was forced into an emergency landing has been shared online. It aslo features screams and ultimate elation of the terrified passengers.
The footage from inside the Airbus A321 captures the exact moment the plane landed belly down in a cornfield after multiple birdstrikes hit the engines shortly after takeoff from Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport.
A sputtering sound can be heard in the background, presumably from the engines. It was reported that both of them were switched off prior to the landing to avoid cathcing fire.
“Keep calm... Children, children... We landed,” several passengers can be heard saying in the video, overcome with relief at having avoided potential tragedy.
Also on rt.com Russian airliner with 233 on board suffers birdstrike, makes BELLY LANDING near Moscow (VIDEO)Of a total of 233 people on board, 76 (including 19 children) were injured, but thankfully there were no fatalities as the hero crew managed to safely land without landing gear.
In another video, survivors can be seen calmly exiting the aircraft, calling out for loved ones and making sure everyone made it out alive.
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