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    All passengers survive after plane flips over in crash-landing

    All passengers have miraculously survived after an aeroplane slipped on a runway and crashed in bad weather conditions.

    The accident happened at midday on Wednesday in the southern city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, as the Soviet-built jet tried to land. The plane had originated in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.

    Photos from the wreckage show the Kyrgyzstan Airlines Tu-134 aircraft flipped on its head.

    The jet carrying 80 passengers and six crew rolled off the runway, broke its wing, overturned and caught fire, according to officials.
    "The landing was performed in thick fog. The plane skidded off the runway and turned to the left side. Its wing was smashed off. A loud explosion was heard," an airport spokesman told the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.


    According to the government, 31 people were injured. 17 out of 31 people are reported to have been hospitalised.

    A probe into the crash-landing has been launched.

     
    • Kleban  •  1 month 26 days ago
      Must have been terrifying for all concerned on that flight. Good to read that eveyone survived.
    • CYNIC  •  London, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      As always..the crash you walk away from is the best....
    • John p  •  London, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Any landing you can walk away form is a good one,Hope the injured make agood recovery,the shock may cause some delayed action for some.
    • .  •  Brighton, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Great that we have an air crash where everyone survived.

      Well done to the crew!
    • john f  •  Sheffield, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      After reading the article considering the weather conditions,that pilot must have been brilliant like the one who landed in the river Hudson.
    • Billie  •  London, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      So now yeah all know why the stewards and stewards come round checking your seat belts at least twice before take off and landing - see SEAT BELTS DO SAVE LIVES. But jesting aside, thank God all were save, frightening and scary feelings they must have had, but great news to hear all survived, instead of another Christmas Airplane disarster.
    • Paul  •  Dubai, United Arab Emirates  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Wow! Drinks all round and a happy New Year to the passengers and crew.
    • Chris  •  Reading, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      That was one flipping landing!!
    • Sue  •  London, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      My husband and I once travelled from Samarkand to Tashkent. We waited 4 hours for the plane, which had a few 'minor' problems, to be given the 'thumbs up'. But imagine how we felt when the cabin crew all crossed themselves as they boarded...
    • reality bites  •  Dublin, Ireland  •  1 month 25 days ago
      An absolute miracle well done to the crew
    • Alexander  •  Burgas, Bulgaria  •  1 month 25 days ago
      As a pilot I have to say some of the anti Soviet/Russian built aircraft comments are ignorant and xenophobic at best- there was nothing wrong with these airliners 40 years ago when they were modern equipment, lets be fair, the TU-134 was discontinued 30 years ago and the problem with these internal CIS flights is maintainence, or lack there off, and the age of the fleets. In many cases the pliots are former airforce fighters with experience in the cockpit of a mig-29 or Sukhoi 27- that is to say, pilots of great skill.
    • Martina  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Wishing all the injured a swift recovery. Thank goodness it was no worse.
    • Crazy Eddie  •  London, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Amazing everyone survived. All that black staining suggests it must have caught fire at some stage.
    • JOHN  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Good to hear everyone is ok (for once)
    • RODDERS  •  Milton Keynes, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Reading these comments; our schools are churning out semi literate morons who cannot spell, use words correctly or construct sentences. God help the next generation! Glad everyone survived.
    • kez  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Why is the fact it was Russian built relevent? At least russian pilots dont both go to sleep killing all on board or land on motorways! Scary thing is that Russian planes are all manual, no computor aids, no autopilot, so if there was ever a nuclear attack the only planes not to drop out the sky will be russian built ones. Our planes are just big flying computors with almost no human input.
    • Oleg  •  Vienna, Austria  •  1 month 25 days ago
      I don't know why everybody says Russia, Russian... It is Kyrgyzstan!
    • Simon  •  Chennai, India  •  1 month 25 days ago
      ...fire caught on one side - blackened; the other side still fresh!
    • villagehouse  •  Nicosia, Cyprus  •  1 month 25 days ago
      Flip it back over, bolt-on another wing and it's good for another 20 more years.
    • the eye  •  Manchester, England  •  1 month 25 days ago
      I'm flying on Monday. Scared stiff anyway but this has not helped! Thank God they've all survived.