Emergency Landing of TU-154
A TU-154 plane flying Yakutsk-Moscow made an emergency landing today at the airport of Izhma. The preliminary cause of the emergency landing was a sudden breakdown of aeronavigation system aboard. According to the eyewitness accounts when the plane was landing it came far out of the heliport deck, breaking trees it went deep into the forest.
The plane of “Alrosa” company had 72 passengers aboard, they all were fortunately evacuated through the emergency exits. The passengers have been taken to the hotel of an Izhma sports complex.
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Launching The First Shore Spillway Unit of Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
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The Creepiest of the Abandoned Buildings?
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A Weird Soviet Plane VVA-14 - Part II
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A Weird Soviet Plane VVA-14
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Evenki of the Verkhoyansk Mountains
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Naughty Little Kids
Here are some awesome illustrations from the Soviet books and papers.
Miss Ukraine 2010
Miss Ukraine 2010 title was given to Katerina Zakharchenko, 21, Odessa. Among the guests of the contest were Pamela Anderson, Jean Claude Van Damme, Chris Norman.
Ekranoplan - The Inside View
We have already seen the exterior of ekranoplans and today we are going to see the stuff never published before - the inside view of ekranoplans.
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