Utair is a fairly large Russian airline that operates a fleet of over 60 aircraft, consisting mostly of 737s. They primarily operate domestic flights, though also some international flights. Unfortunately very early this morning a Utair 737-800 had an accident while landing at Sochi Airport. The flight, UT579, was operating a scheduled service on the…
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Just love it when people use 'crash lands'. You either crash or land not both.
Remember when Russia shot down a 777 and killed 283 people and nothing happened?
Russia never shot down anything. Portion said it himself. Just like they never invaded Ukraine he said.
Similar thing happened with an Air France flight at YYZ a few years back, although there wasn't a fire, it skidded off the runway into a shallow ravine. If memory serves there where no lives lost. Still, considering how many flights a day world wide and how few accidents, this is still the safest way to travel. Even the bus has had its trials and tribulations lately.
Yeah right, like you're really going to believe Putin and whatever he says is true...smh.
@eskimo, you may be right––– in which case Merriam-Webster is wrong:
Definition of crash-land
[...]
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft
To complete that old saying...
...and any time they can reuse the aircraft, it’s a great one.
@eskimo -- According to the Oxford Dictionary, "crash-land" is a verb. It would seem to be an appropriate word to describe what happened here.
Great job, trememdous kudos to the flight attendants who evacuated everyone safely. The fire looked ferocious but the slides look untouched or scorched making those exits usable.