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Russian air passengers face peril as planes show strain of sanctions (www.washingtonpost.com)
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A series of harrowing air safety incidents has forced numerous emergency landings of airliners across Russia, leaving passengers screaming — in anger or fear.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

On Dec. 11, a Utair flight made an emergency landing because of a wing flap failure while carrying 104 passengers and 42 pounds of a radioactive substance, Russian media reported. A Utair plane flying from Moscow to Kogalym in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia signaled an emergency because of engine failure on Dec. 29.

TIL Russia uses commercial flights to transport radioactive materials.

[-] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 10 months ago

You get irradiated every time you fly anyways, why not go all in.

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