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submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A Russian airliner carrying 170 people was forced to crash-land in a field after a hydraulics failure.

No one was injured in the emergency, which left the Ural Airlines Airbus A320 stranded next to a forest in the Novosibirsk region of Siberia.

Ural said the pilot "selected" the landing site after the jet's hydraulic systems failed while approaching Omsk.

The incident sparked denials from the airline that it was unable to service its planes due to sanctions on Russia.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Russia is lacking spare parts, which is probably why instead of repairing it, they cut it up for scrap and spare parts.

https://youtu.be/H4b25pp_tqU?t=1421

Apparently a plane can't be repaired after an emergency landing some claim.

Still hilarious that Russia is short of planes, and now cut this one up, because it had to land in a field. 😋

[-] ShadowRam@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I mean screw russia, but be real.

NO one is repairing and using an airplane frame that has had a crash.

We write off cars for less... you definitely write off an airplane frame that's had a landing like that, and never certify it for re-use.

Cutting it up to transport it out of there is 100% normal for any nation.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

OK I thought it would still be usable since it's standing on the wheels seemingly completely unharmed. After all the emergency landing went extremely well, and all passengers are OK.

[-] nous@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

On rough ground that would put a lot of stress in the landing system and likely the rest of the plane. Small cracks in things can lead to catastrophic failure later on even if everything looks fine now. Would you want to take a chance on that?

Not to mention they have to get it out of the field. That alone is probably not worth the effort to save a possibly compromised frame.

[-] Treczoks@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago

Would you want to take a chance on that?

I would not. But are you sure about Russia? And even if they just break up the plane for parts, would it really be safe to fly a plane that relies on parts salvaged from this one?

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

OK I see, still a bit hilarious, that while they may be short of planes, they lose them like this.

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