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US Surveillance Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Siberia
Sputnik News - RIA Novosti (Russian) ^ | July 27, 2016 | staff

Posted on 07/28/2016 9:30:01 PM PDT by gandalftb

A US aircraft carrying out an observation flight over Russia was forced to make an emergency landing at Khabarovsk's airport due to an apparent landing gear malfunction.

The aircraft took off from Ulan-Ude, a city to the east of Lake Baikal, and was heading to the Russian city of Yakutsk. However, one of the plane’s landing gears had apparently malfunctioned and failed to retract after takeoff, so the crew decided to make a forced landing in Khabarovsk, RIA Novosti reports. The Khabarovsk airport administration also confirmed that an aircraft with a stuck landing gear made an unscheduled landing there.

"A foreign aircraft made a forced landing in Khabarovsk. All emergency ground services have arrived on site. The flight landed safely at 3 P.M. local time," airport officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: russia; surveillance
What a mission.
1 posted on 07/28/2016 9:30:01 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

This is really embarrassing. While the Democrats scream about Russia possibly hacking, the US is violating Russian soveriegnty by spying on them from a spy plane


2 posted on 07/28/2016 9:45:11 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: gandalftb

could be genuine emergency landing
could be otherwise
i lack expertise to decide

but
a simple question perhaps:
why would a stuck landing gear be considered a condition requiring an emergency landing in Russia.... instead of, say, flying to an American base to land? is the plane endangered (might explode or fall apart in mid flight, or?) by a stuck landing gear???????? if not, why not fly to an American base? just curious


3 posted on 07/28/2016 9:45:11 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: gandalftb

Another of these weird stories.

We “lose” an intact advanced stealth drone in Iranian territory. They snatch it.

We “lose” two boats full of US Navy personnel to Iran, who captures them all and gets the boats.

Now, a surveillance aircraft has “mechanical trouble” and lands at an airfield in the country it is surveilling.

As Donald Trump says, “we’ve got to find out what’s going on here.”


4 posted on 07/28/2016 9:49:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: realcleanguy

Looks like it was an officially approved of flight.


5 posted on 07/28/2016 9:51:31 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: realcleanguy

I thought our spy sats relpaced these planes years ago.


6 posted on 07/28/2016 9:52:14 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: realcleanguy

“This is really embarrassing. While the Democrats scream about Russia possibly hacking, the US is violating Russian soveriegnty by spying on them from a spy plane”

Actually, it may be some of the SALT Treaty mandatory overflights that both countries do on one another to verify nuclear activities.


7 posted on 07/28/2016 9:58:24 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: faithhopecharity

Could be low on fuel. Not enough to go safely to US base. A landing gear hanging down represents a lot of extra drag and fuel.


8 posted on 07/28/2016 10:15:08 PM PDT by aviator (Armored Pest Control)
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To: aviator

OH I see.
Thanks for that info!
could make sense then

thanks


9 posted on 07/28/2016 10:18:24 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: marktwain

Looks like it was an officially approved of flight.

...

Yes. I believe we have an agreement for surveillance flights over each other’s territory.


10 posted on 07/28/2016 10:22:10 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: realcleanguy

The flight was part of OPEN SKIES which is mandated by Treaty with Russia. Both sides overfly each other’s country to verify compliance.

When I had work with the government, my government contact would always notify they were going to be flying over. Been going on for years.


11 posted on 07/29/2016 1:29:40 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: gandalftb

A OC-135B. (The crew decided ...) Smacks of the recent surrender by Navy types to the Iranians


12 posted on 07/29/2016 4:46:23 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: aviator
they dint know before they left controlled airspace that they had a problem???
13 posted on 07/29/2016 4:58:06 AM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: All

The flight took off from an airport in Russia and landed in an airport in Russia. Had to be approved flight...


14 posted on 07/29/2016 4:58:13 AM PDT by Lakewood
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To: realcleanguy

See post #11.

http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0688-us-surveillance-boeing-oc-135b-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-in-eastern-russia/

...Earlier, Russian Defense Ministry Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre officials announced that a US Boeing OC-135B aircraft would conduct an observation flight over Russian territory between July 25 and 30...

...The Treaty on Open Skies was signed in March 1992 and became one of the major confidence-building measures in Europe after the Cold War.

It entered into force on January 1, 2002; 34 states are currently party to the treaty, including Russia and most NATO members.

The treaty establishes an unarmed aerial surveillance program whereby signatory states may conduct flights over the entire territory of fellow participants...


15 posted on 07/29/2016 5:09:35 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: gandalftb

In the movies, a crew member could just open up a hatch and manually crank a stuck landing gear in.

:)


16 posted on 07/29/2016 5:13:18 AM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: faithhopecharity
why would a stuck landing gear be considered a condition requiring an emergency landing in Russia

I was thinking the same thing. There's an odd pattern here, of having our military assets stray into hostile territory.

17 posted on 07/29/2016 5:15:42 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: gandalftb

The big question...?

How many boxes will the airplane be in once the Russians return it?


18 posted on 07/29/2016 5:43:08 AM PDT by moovova
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To: gandalftb

The Pentagon doesn’t even try to make its lies believable any more.


19 posted on 07/29/2016 5:57:21 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

WTF - A landing gear malfunction????

Let’s review some basic aeronautics:
1. Landing gear is only engaged in take off and landings. If it was a malfunction it should have been known immediately or when they reached their destination.
2. If not noticed immediately (meaning they are locked in the down position), then the landing gear would not inhibit the normal function of the plane.

This is an obvious technological transfer to the Russians. A payback for?????


20 posted on 07/29/2016 8:49:31 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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