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Plane won't start, passengers get out and give it a push | Plane won't start, passengers get out and give it a push |
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Roping in passengers to give your car a push is a well-known tactic for battling ice, but rarely employed when it comes to passenger jets. | Roping in passengers to give your car a push is a well-known tactic for battling ice, but rarely employed when it comes to passenger jets. |
But this is exactly what happened when an airliner's take-off and landing gear seized up as it tried to taxi onto a runway at Krasnoyarsk Territory airfield, with passengers helping the airport's tug-truck roll the plane out of trouble. | But this is exactly what happened when an airliner's take-off and landing gear seized up as it tried to taxi onto a runway at Krasnoyarsk Territory airfield, with passengers helping the airport's tug-truck roll the plane out of trouble. |
Most seemed quite amused by the situation and were happy to help out, grabbing a wing and giving it a good, hard push. | Most seemed quite amused by the situation and were happy to help out, grabbing a wing and giving it a good, hard push. |
"In air temperatures as low as 52 degrees below zero Celsius its braking system got jammed," said Oksana Gorbunova, senior assistant to West Siberia’s transport prosecutor. "The tug-truck failed to get the plane moving so friendly passengers agreed to help and they soon safely left for home." | "In air temperatures as low as 52 degrees below zero Celsius its braking system got jammed," said Oksana Gorbunova, senior assistant to West Siberia’s transport prosecutor. "The tug-truck failed to get the plane moving so friendly passengers agreed to help and they soon safely left for home." |
Пассажирам пришлось толкать примерзший самолет, #видео за гранью фантастики: http://t.co/0bcGWrFf1T #самолет #Сибирь pic.twitter.com/kwGV8UItNF | |
The Katekavia charter flight was taking oil industry workers to Krasnoyark's Yemelyanovo airport, when the plunging temperatures threated to leave all 74 passengers stranded. | The Katekavia charter flight was taking oil industry workers to Krasnoyark's Yemelyanovo airport, when the plunging temperatures threated to leave all 74 passengers stranded. |
Videos of the incident were posted online, with Tass.ru reporting that in one a passenger can be heard saying that "several things make a real man’s life worth living: Writing a book, planting a tree, or at least bracing one’s muscles to help an immobilised passenger plane take to the skies." | Videos of the incident were posted online, with Tass.ru reporting that in one a passenger can be heard saying that "several things make a real man’s life worth living: Writing a book, planting a tree, or at least bracing one’s muscles to help an immobilised passenger plane take to the skies." |
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