Nimbus Antonov An-12 at Yakutsk on Mar 15th 2018, cargo shift gilds runway

A Nimbus Airlines Antonov AN-12, registration RA-11130 performing a freight flight from Yakutsk to Krasnojarsk (Russia) carrying a cargo of 9000kg of gold ingots, suffered a shift of its cargo upon departure from Yakutsk causing about 3400 kg of the cargo to break through the fuselage and become distributed over the runway. The aircraft managed to climb out, several airframe panels separated in flight and dropped into a local car park, and diverted to Magan about 6nm west of Yakutsk for a safe… (www.aeroinside.com) Ещё...