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| Video shows MOMENT when birds hit Ural Airlines jet on take-off | Video shows MOMENT when birds hit Ural Airlines jet on take-off |
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| A birdstrike that caused a Ural Airlines A321 to lose power on take-off was filmed just minutes before it crash-landed in a cornfield outside Moscow with 233 on board. | A birdstrike that caused a Ural Airlines A321 to lose power on take-off was filmed just minutes before it crash-landed in a cornfield outside Moscow with 233 on board. |
| The footage shot by a passenger seated next to the window shows the two-engine, narrow-body airliner speeding down the runway at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport. In a matter of seconds, the left wing crosses the path of a flock of birds. | The footage shot by a passenger seated next to the window shows the two-engine, narrow-body airliner speeding down the runway at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport. In a matter of seconds, the left wing crosses the path of a flock of birds. |
| Flying with full tanks and 233 people on board, the airplane began steadily losing altitude minutes after departure. The pilots immediately decided to land in a remote field near the runway. | |
| The emergency landing was conducted without the landing gear deployed. In a separate video, a sputtering sound can be heard, presumably from the engines. It was reported that both engines were switched off prior to the landing. | The emergency landing was conducted without the landing gear deployed. In a separate video, a sputtering sound can be heard, presumably from the engines. It was reported that both engines were switched off prior to the landing. |
| All passengers and seven crew members survived the belly landing, although 23 people were injured. | All passengers and seven crew members survived the belly landing, although 23 people were injured. |
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