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| Hero pilots who landed packed Russian plane after birdstrike to get state awards – Kremlin | |
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| The Kremlin will “undoubtedly” honor two “hero pilots” who safely landed the packed A321 in the countryside near Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport, saving 233 lives, a presidential aide said. | |
| “Once all formalities are done, they will be given their awards without doubt,” Dmitry Peskov announced. | |
| The two pilots, Captain Damir Yusupov and First Officer Georgy Murzin, were earlier praised by the public after manually landing the aircraft in a corn field just 1km from the airfield they departed from. | |
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