Russian pilots praised after field landing

By Tom Balmforth and Andrey Ostroukh
Updated August 15 2019 - 10:13pm, first published 10:10pm
A passenger plane has made an emergency landing in a field near Moscow, injuring at least 23 people.
A passenger plane has made an emergency landing in a field near Moscow, injuring at least 23 people.

The Kremlin has lauded two Russian pilots as heroes and says they will be handed state awards after they landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds during take-off.

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