At Arkhangelsk airport, a Yak-42 plane skidded off the runway

Aircraft (MOEX: SMLT) The Yak-42, traveling from Amderma, Nenets District to Arkhangelsk, rolled off the runway at Talagi airport during landing, reported the Western Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. There were no casualties. Investigators began an investigation to determine the causes of the incident.

“On the evening of January 12, 2024, a message was received that at the Talagi airport in Arkhangelsk, the Yak-42 aircraft, flight Amderma 2-Talagi, rolled off the runway during landing. There were no injuries,” the investigative department said in a statement. Telegram. The Federal Air Transport Agency clarified that in order to prepare for the towing of the Yak-42, the Arkhangelsk airport will be temporarily closed.

The Arkhangelsk Investigation Department for Transport initiated a pre-investigation check on the grounds of a crime under Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and operation of air transport). “The investigator organized a set of verification activities aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident,” the department concluded.

This is the second such incident since the beginning of 2024. January 9 beyond the runway at Norilsk airport in the Krasnoyarsk Territory rolled out Nordstar Airlines plane. There were 169 passengers on board, none of them sought medical help.

Milena Kostereva