A miracle’: All 18 passengers survive Russian plane’s hard landing in Siberia

NY Post ^ | 16 July 2021 | Yaron Steinbuch

[DUMBGRUNT]

All 18 people aboard an aging Russian passenger plane miraculously survived with only cuts and bruises after the aircraft was forced to make a hard landing and overturned in Siberia on Friday, officials said.

Rescuers who rushed to the area where contact was lost eventually located the survivors in a wooded section near the badly damaged plane, which was found upside down

Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years, but accidents, especially involving old planes in far-flung regions, are not uncommon.

[DUMBGRUNT]

And not a word about attorneys filing lawsuits?

[BradyLS]

In Russia, lawsuits file YOU!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Hope they survive Siberia…

[noiseman]

The power of vodka.

[Seruzawa]

Kudos to the pilot. Everyone lived.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Kudos to the plane designer. It went down in trees and flipped over.

Maybe the pilot was flying into a stiff wind and deserves credit, too. :)

[BlackAdderess]

I’m so used to moronic news that when a good story comes along its a bit of a relief. Glad they all got through and are safe!

[Dogbert41]

I’m glad they survived. Their pilots are very good. Probably some of the best.

[Larry Lucido]

Q. A plane crashes in Siberia. Where do you bury the survivors?

A. Nowhere. The survivors are still alive.

Q. (Scowls)

A. Whereever Comrade General tells me to bury survivors.

[SaveFerris]

Wow

[Wilderness Conservative]

Russian planes have a well earned bad reputation but Russian pilots are usually very skilled. They have to be with such crappy planes.

[CivilWarBrewing]

That aircraft was “BUILT FORD TOUGH”

[Rummyfan]

Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years, but accidents, especially involving old planes in far-flung regions, are not uncommon.

The standards had nowhere to go but 'UP'.

[Rummyfan]

Rescuers who rushed to the area where contact was lost eventually located the survivors in a wooded section near the badly damaged plane...

Probably passing around bottles of vodka. I know I would be!

[Seruzawa]

Probably passing them around BEFORE the crash.

[JPG]

Russian planes have a well earned bad reputation but Russian pilots are usually very skilled. They have to be with such crappy planes.

Unless the captain lets his children seat in his seat, and one accidentally disconnects the autopilot, and then, well, no one walked away from that one.

See: Aeroflot Flight 593

[dfwgator]

Hope they survive Siberia…

Having flashbacks to the "Alive" movie.

[Celtic Conservative]

Rumor has it that there is no equivalent phrase in Russian the the english phrase “safety margin”

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[Colt1851Navy]

They’ll have that plane flying again in two or three weeks.

[Freedom4US]

The plane was “aging”, after all.

Normally, planes (and school buildings, especially) never age.