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Ural Airlines plane loses evacuation slide and door hatch on take off in Krasnoyarsk airport
The plane with 12 crew, no passengers and cargo on board safely landed in Yekaterinburg.
The 3L door hatch of Ural Airlines cargo flight was missing after take off in Krasnoyarsk airport along with the emergency slide. Pictures: Airbus A-320
The evacuation slide was found on the runway in Krasnoyarsk airport shortly after the early morning take off on 2 November.
As the plane landed in Yekaterinburg, the crew confirmed the 3L door hatch was also missing.
The Ural Airlines airbus A321-200 performed 2:48h flights with a load of cargo and no passengers.
The 3L door hatch of Ural Airlines cargo flight was missing after take off in Krasnoyarsk along with the emergency slide. Pictures: Airbus A-320, Ural Airlines
No casualties were reported as a result of the accident.
Three transport watchdogs - Federal Air Transport Agency, Federal Transport Supervision Service and Ural transport prosecutors - started investigation.
The Ural Airlines has not yet commented on the accident.
GV of Krasnoyarsk airport, picture by Kirill Skurikhin
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