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| Russian airliner with 233 onboard suffers birdstrike, makes BELLY LANDING near Moscow (VIDEO) | |
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| A narrow-body airliner operated by Russia’s Ural Airlines and carrying over 200 passengers and crew, landed with its wheels up in the countryside near Moscow after suffering a birdstrike. | A narrow-body airliner operated by Russia’s Ural Airlines and carrying over 200 passengers and crew, landed with its wheels up in the countryside near Moscow after suffering a birdstrike. |
| Bound for Simferopol, Crimea, the Airbus A321 unexpectedly struck “numerous” seagulls shortly after departing from Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, the airline confirmed. | |
| Unable to deploy its undercarriages, the airplane made a belly landing in a cornfield 1km from the runway. The malfunctioning engines were switched off moments before the bumpy touchdown to avoid fire on board, it has been reported. | |
| The evacuation started shortly afterwards, with all 233 people safely leaving the aircraft. | |
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