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https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/12/ura ... in-siberia

A Russian passenger Airbus A320 flying from the Black Sea resort of Sochi to the Siberian city of Omsk with 167 people on board made an emergency landing in a Siberian field on Tuesday, officials said.

Russia's aviation has been hard hit by Western sanctions over Moscow's Ukraine offensive.

Authorities released footage of the Ural Airlines plane in a field next to a forest in the Novosibirsk region, saying there were no casualties.

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Flight aborted approach into its scheduled destination Omsk and was diverted to Novosibirsk; according to Russian officials it ran out of fuel en-route.

-HT

Looks like they are preparing to have it take off from the field. Latest pictures show the slides all stowed, engines being serviced. It's doable. 2 pilots, min fuel to make the nearest airfield. Turn the aircraft around, set the brakes, max thrust, old fashioned soft field takeoff and away she goes. The ground was strong enough to support the landing and rollout, if it hasn't rained a lot the ground will still be strong enough to withstand the takeoff. It'll be bumpy, but probably no worse than a lot of taxiways in the old Soviet Union.

DXing wrote:Looks like they are preparing to have it take off from the field. Latest pictures show the slides all stowed, engines being serviced. It's doable. 2 pilots, min fuel to make the nearest airfield. Turn the aircraft around, set the brakes, max thrust, old fashioned soft field takeoff and away she goes. The ground was strong enough to support the landing and rollout, if it hasn't rained a lot the ground will still be strong enough to withstand the takeoff. It'll be bumpy, but probably no worse than a lot of taxiways in the old Soviet Union.

What I have been seeing indicates they are going to wait for the field to freeze.. which probably isn't too many weeks away.

wasn't there an accident like this with same airline a few years ago

DXing wrote:...set the brakes, max thrust...

Something you don't want to do, unless you're going to put some sort of deck panel to prevent FOD.

darrenvox wrote:wasn't there an accident like this with same airline a few years ago

Yes, back in 2019 they had a dual engine failure due to bird strikes. Everyone walked away from that one as well, but the aircraft was cut up on site IIRC.

Due to the restrictions placed on Russia by the EU, Ural are desperate to get this aircraft back into service. The engines have been swept and various "checks" done (having dealt with Russian aerospace before, I'm sceptical), meaning a take off attempt is imminent.

A local farmer has set up cameras and will be going live on OF, such is the confidence that this will go horrifically wrong!