Passenger Jet Starts to Fall Apart Mid-Air, Forcing Emergency Landing
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A passenger aboard a Rossiya Airlines flight documented pieces of the plane seemingly breaking off mid-flight
Officials confirmed the flight made an emergency landing in Khabarovsk, Russia
Video shared on social media shows the covering of an engine appears to have been torn off and is missing
A passenger jet reportedly had to make an emergency landing mid-flight after parts of the aircraft began to detach from the body.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, a plane operated by Rossiya Airlines made an emergency landing in Khabarovsk, Russia in the morning, according to the Svodka25 Telegram channel and The Khabarovsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office channel.
“The Khabarovsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office monitored the emergency landing of an aircraft at Khabarovsk Airport,” the office said in a statement on their Telegram channel. “According to preliminary data, today at 9:00 (local time) an aircraft carrying 90 passengers from Vladivostok to Blagoveshchensk made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk Airport due to a technical malfunction.”
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Stock image of a plane preparing for takeoff at the airport of Khabarovsk
In a post translated from Russian, a subscriber told the Svodka25 Telegram channel that the plane “suffered a skin tear” during the flight. A video shared on the channel shows the covering of an engine appears to have been torn off and is missing.
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The engine of the Rossiya Airlines after emergency landing
After the emergency landing, fire trucks and an ambulance were located at the scene. There were reportedly no injuries. PEOPLE has contacted the Rossiya Airlines for comment.
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Following the incident, some passengers stated they wouldn’t board another plane while others waited for a backup aircraft to pick them from Vladivostok, per Svodka25 Telegram channel.
A preliminary investigation into violations of air transport safety regulations has been launched by the Investigative Committee, according to The Moscow Times.
Law enforcement officials are also set to assess the “circumstances and causes of the incident, and a procedural decision will be made based on the results,” the outlet wrote, citing the Eastern Interregional Investigative Directorate for Transport’s Telegram channel.
The emergency landing comes after Dmitry Yadrov, the Federal Air Transport Agency, revealed that Russia’s civil aviation industry could lose a third of it’s aircraft and 200 helicopters by 2030, according to the U.K. newspaper Metro.
He also reportedly told a committee on Oct. 7 that there could be a loss of Sukhoi Superjets as a result of issues with the engines.
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