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Miracle landing for Russian jet after mid-flight power failure

September 8, 2010
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An emergency chute of the Tu-154 resting quietly on the forest floor.

Pilots Called Heroes After Crash Landing By Alexandra Odynova, The Moscow Times Seventy-two passengers settled into their seats as their Tu-154 jet lifted off the runway of the Sakha republic’s Polyarny Airport for a five-hour flight to Moscow. But 3 1/2 hours later, the plane suffered an electrical failure and made a remarkable emergency landing at an unmapped, abandoned military airfield in the Komi republic — with no injuries among the passengers and nine crew members. In fact, rescuers found...

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