Plane door flies open as passengers' bags sucked out in terrifying flight video
There was terror on a Russian flight today when an AN-26 plane’s rear door sprang open soon after takeoff in the world’s coldest region.
Hats belonging to the 25 passengers flew off their heads and vanished into the cold air as the cabin depressurised, with luggage also reportedly sucked out.
A video shows the visible gaping rear door on the IrAero Antonov aircraft, which had taken off from Magan in Siberian region Yakutia, in minus 41C cold.
The passenger filming the video is in a rear seat on the plane, bound for Magadan on Russia ’s Pacific coast.
The door, used to load cargo and luggage, is normally curtained off from the passengers at the back of the plane.
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The curtain can be seen blowing in the wind in the terrifying video.
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One of the passengers on the flight (social media/e2w)The pilot made a rapid emergency landing at Magan in Siberian region Yakutia, and all on board were “safe” despite the intense cold in the cabin during the drama.
The man filming the nightmare is heard swearing in shock at the open door behind him.
A report said: “Fortunately, the 25 people on board, including the crew, were unharmed.
“Only the caps off some people's heads flew into the white void.”
The plane touched down on the snow-covered tarmac (social media/e2w)
Luggage as it's sucked out into the sky (social media/e2w)A second video from 112 news outlet showed the terrified passengers in the howling ice-cold wind with the rear door open.
A male passenger said: “A man sitting at the rear of the plane was nearly blown away.
“He had just unfastened his seat belt.
“And he was almost blown out of the plane.”
An aviation expert told The Insider that An-26 planes twin-engine turboprop planes should no longer be used.
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A general view of a An-26 passenger plane (social media/e2w)It was little surprise the locking system on the door had malfunctioned, he said.
Most luggage belonging to passengers was sucked out of the plane's door when it burst open, said later reports.
It is believed all the passengers were strapped in for takeoff and wearing coats having boarded in the intense cold.
Magan is eight miles from Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city, and capital of Yakutia region.
An investigation is underway into the disturbing incident.
The planes were introduced in the USSR in 1970 and stopped being manufactured in 1986.
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