Ural Airlines Flight 178
Appearance
Accident | |
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Date | 15 August 2019 |
Summary | Crash-landed following bird strike resulting in dual engine failure |
Site | Near Zhukovsky International Airport, Moscow, Russia 55°30′43″N 38°15′07″E / 55.512°N 38.252°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A321-211 |
Operator | Ural Airlines |
IATA flight No. | U6178 |
ICAO flight No. | SVR178 |
Call sign | SVERDLOVSK AIR 178 |
Registration | VQ-BOZ |
Flight origin | Zhukovsky International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Destination | Simferopol International Airport, Simferopol, Crimea |
Occupants | 233 |
Passengers | 226 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 74 |
Survivors | 233 (all) |
Ural Airlines Flight 178 was a scheduled passenger flight from Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow to Simferopol in Crimea. On 15 August 2019, an Airbus A321 (VQ-BOZ) suffered a bird strike, which is when birds hit the engines of the plane.[1] It happened after taking off from Zhukovsky and crash landed in a cornfield a few kilometers past the airport.[2] Twenty-nine people were injured and no one was killed.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nowack, Timo. "A321 von Ural Airlines landet in Maisfeld" [A321 of Ural Airlies lands in maize field] (in German). Aerotelegraph. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ "Passengers injured in emergency landing after Russian jet hits birds". CBS News. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ "Russia bird strike: 23 injured after plane hits gulls and crash-lands". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2019.