Hardy Siberians undaunted by aircraft frozen on tarmac as temperatures sank to a biting minus 52C
Accident came after plane took off on a training flight.
Several injuries among 159 passengers and crew as plane skidded off the runway, breaking a wing and damaging landing gear, at Osh airport.
The London-Beijing flight with 270 passengers and 16 crew landed in Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, at 10.41 local time on Wednesday.
Incident at Khabarovsk Airport leads to passengers bound for Moscow being evacuated from plane.
Five crew safely parachuted from stricken jet in latest of spate of accidents afflicting military aircraft.
Avelina Antsiferova fulfilled her life's dream when she sat in cockpit of wartime Douglas C-47, 69 years after kissing her papa goodbye for last time.
Journey 'in search of my father', as joint Russian-American expedition sets out to bring home crashed wartime Douglas C-47 from tundra.
Airmen 'parachuted' from stricken jet in latest of spate of accidents afflicting military aircraft.