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Miracle of the cornfield! Hero pilot safely belly-lands a flaming Russian jet
Daily Mail ^
| August 15, 2019
| Chris Pleasance
Posted on 08/15/2019 8:24:00 PM PDT by plain talk
A Russian pilot has been hailed as a hero after he successfully crash-landed a passenger plane in a cornfield today after birds were sucked into both engines, causing them to fail.
Ural Airlines Flight U1678 was taking off from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport at 6.10am local time bound for Simferopol, Crimea, when it suffered a double bird strike, causing one engine to burst into flames and the other to stop working.
Captain Damir Yusupov, 41, radioed the airport asking to make an emergency landing but was forced to ditch into a cornfield a mile away after realising he was not going to make it.
Yusupov brought the plane down with no power in either engine and with the landing gear retracted.
In total, 23 of the 226 passengers and seven crew on board were sent to hospital for minor injuries, though only one - a 69-year-old woman - required further treatment.
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To: plain talk
Miracle in the cornfield. More than likely, left the gear up intentionally. Sounds like a good pilot. 👍
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08/15/2019 8:28:59 PM PDT
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Mark17
(Once saved, always saved. I am an Ephesians 2:8-9 kind of guy. It is a beautiful thing. Enjoy it)
To: plain talk
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08/15/2019 8:31:20 PM PDT
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gathersnomoss
(Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
To: plain talk
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08/15/2019 8:32:26 PM PDT
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gathersnomoss
(Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
To: gathersnomoss
That sounds like the title for a horror film.
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08/15/2019 8:35:32 PM PDT
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Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: plain talk
Terrific pilot and brave man.
He saved a lot of lives.
To: gathersnomoss
Field of Screams.
* * *
Pun of the day!
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08/15/2019 8:38:04 PM PDT
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poconopundit
(Will Kamel Harass pay reparations? Her ancestors were black Slave Owners in Jamaica.)
To: Mark17
Some of us here, particularly me, would like to buy him a drink and shake his hand.
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posted on
08/15/2019 8:43:12 PM PDT
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Ken H
(2019 => The House of Representin')
To: plain talk
“Oil pressure. I forgot to check the oil pressure. When Kramer hears about this, the ****’s gonna hit the fan.”
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08/15/2019 8:43:39 PM PDT
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Clay Moore
(You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
To: plain talk
Sounds like the Russians hire pilots who can FLY AIRPLANES, rather than the metrosexuals that the Western airlines are now forced to hire.
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08/15/2019 8:44:01 PM PDT
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BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: plain talk
To: plain talk
To: Ken H
Some of us here, particularly me, would like to buy him a drink and shake his hand. Exactly. Speaking of the other miracle. I did not know Sully myself, but I knew 5 other IPs at Laughlin, all USAF Academy grads, who did. 👍
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posted on
08/15/2019 8:53:06 PM PDT
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Mark17
(Once saved, always saved. I am an Ephesians 2:8-9 kind of guy. It is a beautiful thing. Enjoy it)
To: plain talk
“If you plant it, they will come.”
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08/15/2019 8:55:41 PM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: plain talk
Brilliant and brave, may G-d bless this man! Thanks for posting this!
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08/15/2019 8:56:10 PM PDT
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jocon307
To: plain talk
Nicely done, Captain Yusupov!
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08/15/2019 8:57:19 PM PDT
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null and void
(Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
To: plain talk
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08/15/2019 8:58:32 PM PDT
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Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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