Tiksi Airport
One of the engines of the Antonov An-24 caught fire while taxiing at the airport Tiksi in Yakutia. This was reported RIA Novosti a source in the emergency services of the Republic.
“When taxiing to the runway the plane An-24 caught fire right engine”, — he said.
According to the interlocutor of the Agency, on Board were 43 people, including 37 passengers. The fire was quickly liquidated, nobody has suffered.
The aircraft, according to preliminary data, owned by “Polar airlines”. The plane was supposed to fly from Tiksi to Yakutsk.
Passengers will be transported to the destination by the backup Board the An-26.
An-24 — passenger turboprop aircraft. A range of two thousand kilometers. Equipped with two turboprop engines. Can carry up to 60 people. An-24 was produced from 1959 to 1979. According to Wikipedia, remains the main plane, flying on local airlines in Russia and CIS countries.
“Polar airlines” performs passenger and cargo flights in Yakutia. The company was founded in 1997. The fleet consists of about 40 vessels.