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Meet the hero pilots who saved 233 lives in ‘miracle’ belly landing of jet in field
With just seconds to act, two pilots managed to land a disabled Airbus jet in a field near Moscow after a huge birdstrike had stalled its engines – and the heroic moment is already being compared to the 2009 miracle on the Hudson.
Aug 15, 2019 19:23
6 times hero pilots averted disaster and saved the day
Following Thursday’s miraculous emergency landing of a Ural Airlines plane in a cornfield outside Moscow, RT examines some of the most amazing feats of heroics by commercial pilots in recent history.
Aug 15, 2019 16:02
‘We’re all alive thanks to pilot’: Passengers recall dramatic Ural Airlines’ belly-landing
It was a chilling experience for passengers of the A321 jet as they watched it descend for an emergency landing in a field outside Moscow after a troublesome take off. They are now lauding the pilots for saving their lives.
Aug 15, 2019 15:44
‘Moscow Miracle?’ Quick-thinking Russian pilots hailed for safely landing airliner after birdstrike
The two Russian pilots who performed an emergency landing in a cornfield after their airliner hit a flock of birds carried out a feat on par with the much-celebrated ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, aviation experts told RT.
Aug 15, 2019 15:05
76 people, incl. 19 children, injured in Russian plane’s emergency landing
76 people, including 19 children, required medical attention after a Russian jet made an emergency landing in a corn field outside Moscow, after it encountered a birdstrike. There were 233 people on board.
Aug 15, 2019 14:25
CLOSE-UP: Moscow plane largely intact after hero pilots’ emergency landing (VIDEO)
Flattened cornstalks and a dented nose cone make up the bulk of the damage in the aftermath of an emergency landing near Moscow.
Aug 15, 2019 11:00
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