Birds Forces Russian Plane to Land

Dubai – Masaader News

Russians passenger plane carrying 233 people made a miracle after making an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off, according to Russian News Agency (TASS).

The engines were turned off when it made the emergency landing and it also had its landing gear up, said Elena Mikheyeva, a spokeswoman for Russia’s civil aviation authority.

Safety concerns have plagued Russia’s airline industry since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, though standards are widely recognized to have sharply risen on international routes in particular in recent years.