Russian airline passengers asked to push plane at freezing Siberian airport
Nov 26, 2014, 3:53 pm
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Russian airline passengers asked to push plane at freezing Siberian airport
Passengers at Igarka airport in far north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region were asked to push aircraft along runway in blistering cold.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...berian-airport
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...berian-airport
Nov 26, 2014, 4:09 pm
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Per http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-how-post.html will move this to the appropriate airlines forum while leaving a permanent re-direct in Travel News
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Nov 29, 2014, 11:03 am
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He might be right...
Nov 29, 2014, 3:01 pm
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Very Funny
Russian airline passengers asked to push plane at freezing Siberian airport
Al Bundy: Son, how is this car?
Bud Bundy: Dad, much better, much lighter to push.
Al Bundy: Son, how is this car?
Bud Bundy: Dad, much better, much lighter to push.
Nov 29, 2014, 3:13 pm
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He likely is right. The airplane was a Tu-134. Say what one wants about the comfort, my experience of the Tupolevs is that they are indeed quite solid, built in the days before carbon fiber and the like.
Nov 30, 2014, 6:34 am
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OMG, I've flown out of Krasnoyarsk and yes, I can imagine this happening.
The russian plane I flew on had a wooden interior and was all red inside. The stewards on the plane handed everyone a barf bag before we took off.
Flight was routine however. Flew over a lot of trees on the way to Novosibirsk.
Krasnoyarsk is a very interesting place to visit and I highly recommend it. Great rocks to climb, they have a hydrofoil and interesting dam....
The russian plane I flew on had a wooden interior and was all red inside. The stewards on the plane handed everyone a barf bag before we took off.
Flight was routine however. Flew over a lot of trees on the way to Novosibirsk.
Krasnoyarsk is a very interesting place to visit and I highly recommend it. Great rocks to climb, they have a hydrofoil and interesting dam....