Engine Failure Forced Russian Plane to Make Hard Landing, Investigators Say

This screenshot shows the location of Tomsk region in western Siberia, where a Russian passenger plane made a forced landing, Siberia, Russia, on July 16, 2021. Google Map/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

MOSCOW—Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but causing no serious injuries among the 18 people on board.

Fears had swirled over the fate of the Russian Antonov An-28 plane after it went missing on a flight from the town of Kedrovy to the city of Tomsk. Rescuers who were dispatched found the survivors in a wooded area near the damaged aircraft.