One of Russian outsize freight operator Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ Antonov An-124s has suffered substantial harm after a departure accident apparently involving engine failure.
The complete ahead part of the engine has separated, with obvious harm to the plane’s fuselage and left wing forefront.
The plane, an An-124-100, had tried to depart at 12:08 on 13 November.
Russia’s federal Investigative Committee says the plane had been sure for Vienna, however made an “emergency touchdown” on the airport inside 2min.
“Whereas touchdown, the plane rolled off the runway,” it provides. Not one of the 14 crew members was injured.
Full circumstances of the accident have but to change into clear. Meteorological data from Novosibirsk airport reveals good visibility and no antagonistic climate situations on the time.
Volga-Dnepr says the plane had been working to Vienna from Seoul with 84t of automotive components on board.
“After the emergency touchdown, all of the crew members have been despatched for a medical examination,” says common director Igor Aksyonov. “Most significantly, none of them was damaged.
“We’re working with the aviation authorities and Novosibirsk airport in regards to the incident and can conduct an intensive evaluation of the state of affairs.”
Video photos purportedly from Novosibirsk tower, circulating on social media, point out the plane returned to land on runway 25 and veered off close to the western finish.
The freighter was manufactured in 1991 and initially delivered to Volga-Dnepr, subsequently turning into a part of the fleet of its three-way partnership with HeavyLift.
Volga-Dnepr retained the plane after the three way partnership ended
