Sunday 27 June 2010

Windrose jet makes emergency landing at Boryspil airport

A plane of the Windrose airline (Kyiv) has made an emergency landing at Boryspil airport (Kyiv region) on Saturday, the press-service of the Ministry of Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe of Ukraine reports.

The MD-82 jet left Kharkiv airport for Antalya (Turkey) at 5:07 a.m.

At 5:57 a.m., the right hydraulic system failed.

There were 165 passengers and 3 crew members on board.

The captain decided to make an emergency landing at Boryspil airport at 6:32 a.m.

No injuries have been reported.

Special rapid reaction forces of the Ministry of Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe of Ukraine were alerted in the town of Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, (AN-32 and MI-8), in Kherson (MI-8), at Boryspil airport, as well as ambulance services and airport services.

As Ukrainian News reported, an AeroSvit aircraft (Kyiv) made an emergency landing at Dnipropetrovsk international airport in the morning, June 20.


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