A GLASS OF WATER SAVED A FLIGHT. 🛫🛬✈
A GLASS OF WATER SAVED A PLAN....... The pilots of the Tupolev 154M landed at Izh ma airfield in the Komi region after an electrical failure en route from the Russian far east to Moscow. The jet overshot the runway by 160m (yds), ending up in trees, but none of the 81 people aboard was hurt. Both pilots were made Heroes of the Russian federation. On Thursday, following repairs, the plane took off from Izhma, making a stop at Ukhta before flying on to Samara in southern Russia, where it is to undergo a detailed inspection. It is believed the cause of the accident was a heating problem in the plane's batteries. On 7 September, the Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise plane, which had taken off from Polyarny airport near Novyy in the Russian far east, was flying at an altitude of 10,600m (34,800ft) when it lost all of its electronics, including its radio and navigation systems. It also lost the use of its flaps and the fuel pumps that deliver fuel from primary tanks on the wings into t...