The technique of the Baltic fleet managed to remove from the ground the Airbus A321 Aeroflot, was out beyond the runway at the airport Khrabrovo Kaliningrad. About it reports on Thursday, January 5, TASS with reference to the acting Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov, who is on the scene.
“The military has pulled a plane, set on concrete slabs, rolled forward, now it is removed from the cables, put in tow and will be transported to the terminal building” — said the head of the region. According to him, the complexity of the operation was the fact that the landing gear was stuck in the ground, and it could not be removed.
Khrabrovo, as reported by the chief Executive officer, will resume normally in the 05:00-05:30 local time (06:00-06:30 GMT). During this time, the service will prepare a GDP for acceptance of aircraft and liquidate the consequences of the work of heavy equipment.
A press-the Secretary Natalia. Gritsun previously said that the airport will start to work at 06:30 local time.
Earlier it was reported that in Kaliningrad airport were sent to five units of special engineering equipment of the Baltic fleet, including four heavy truck on the base of “Ural” with increased wheelbase and high load capacity, as well as one armoured repair and recovery vehicle (BRAM).
The aircraft, flown in from Moscow skidded off the runway at 22:30 local time (23:30 GMT) on 3 January. As a result of incident three persons have addressed for medical aid. In fact the incident a criminal case under part 1 of article 238 of the criminal code of Russian Federation (“Rendering services not meeting requirements of safety of life and health of consumers”).