Russian Plane drops 3 tons of gold on runway

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Russian Plane drops 3 tons of gold on runway

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https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018 ... litch.html
MOSCOW—Russian news reports say the hatch of a cargo plane carrying precious metals accidentally flew open upon takeoff — scattering at least 3 tons of gold on the runway.

An investigation is underway after the incident Thursday at the airport in the far east city of Yakutsk, according to the Tass news agency.

An An-12 plane operated by the airline Nimbus took off for Krasnoyarsk carrying 9.3 tons of gold and other precious metals, according to a statement from the state Investigative Committee quoted by Tass. Damage to a door handle caused it to fly open and spill some of the metal.

Authorities recovered 172 gold bars weighing 3.4 tons, Tass quoted Interior Ministry officials as saying.

No one was hurt in the incident. Images circulating on social media showed gold bars scattered across a runway.
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"Runway surface condition: 40% bare and dry. 50% scattered gold bars. 10% gold dust. Braking action extremely rough. Sweeping in progress. Inform ATC you have information AU"
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It wasn't dropped, it just made an unscheduled landing
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43416950

Based on that last photo, looks like fairly significant damage to the aircraft. Too much weight in a single area?
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I only land on runways paved with gold. 8)

Judging by the photo though, there was nothing wrong with the door. It just couldn't handle 3 tons of gold/silver rolling through it.

Load shifts are deadly, lucky they got down after a 3 ton c.g. shift.
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From a Bob Dylan song in the sixties:

“ I don’t know
but I’ve been told
The streets of Heaven are paved with gold
I don’t know how things could get much worse
If the Russians happened to get there first”
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Bet they've never seen the airport snowplough guy move so fast!

3 tons of gold, or gold concentrate?
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digits_ wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:42 am "Runway surface condition: 40% bare and dry. 50% scattered gold bars. 10% gold dust. Braking action extremely rough. Sweeping in progress. Inform ATC you have information AU"
Thanks, now I need a new phone. Spit my soda everywhere.
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digits_ wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:42 am "Runway surface condition: 40% bare and dry. 50% scattered gold bars. 10% gold dust. Braking action extremely rough. Sweeping in progress. Inform ATC you have information AU"
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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