According to the airline, the information about the runway was incorrect.
The Rossiya Airlines Superjet 100 plane ended up in a snow bank. PDO
On Monday, a dangerous situation occurred at the Saransk airport in Russia, when a plane from Moscow landed and drifted off the runway.
Russian media reports that Rossiya Airlines’ Superjet 100 plane ended up in a snowbank outside the runway.
According to Match TV, in addition to the staff, there were 87 passengers on the plane and no one was injured. Passengers were able to exit the plane normally.
Rossiya Airlines reported that the plane drifted 5-7 meters outside the runway.
– Based on initial information, this was due to the discrepancy between the correct condition of the runway and the declared parameters, the airline commented to Match TV.
There were several people on board the plane who were on their way to the Junior Russian Figure Skating Championships.
Among others, a former figure skater and a current coach were traveling on the plane Tatiana Tarasova and the 2000 World Cup gold medalist in pair skating Alexei Tikhonov. Journalists were also present.