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swordtail
Anarchist Prime
Thu Mar 15 08:43:16
Russian Plane Loses Tons Of Gold On Takeoff


by Tyler Durden

Thu, 03/15/2018 - 09:34

In the west there is "helicopter money." In Russia, they do "airplane gold."

Gems, precious metals and diamonds rained over Russia’s coldest region when a Russian plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost a significant part of its cargo upon take off from Yakutsk airport today.

The precious rain then continued as the aircraft gained height.

The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane hit problems during takeoff, resulting in a breach in the hull that allowed its precious cargo to fall all over the runway.

The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26kms from the airport.

The crew decided to land at the nearby airport of Magan, some 26km north-west of Yakutsk.

According to the Siberian Times, police sealed off the runway and a vast search is underway.

The monetarist dream plane was en route to Krasnoyarsk and further to the Kupol Dome mine.

The cargo was reportedly to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological company which is 75% owned by Canada's Kinross Gold.

Meanwhile, the technical engineers at the Yakutsk airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been detained.

The value of the load was put at 21 billion rubles, or $370 million.

http://www...ld-and-precious-metals-takeoff
jergul
large member
Thu Mar 15 08:48:51
YAKUTSK, March 15. /TASS/. An An-12 cargo plane carrying some 9 tonnes of gold has lost a third of its cargo during takeoff from the Yakutsk airport in Eastern Siberia, a local transport police spokesman told TASS on Thursday.

Earlier reports said that the plane’s cargo hatch was partially torn off by a strong flow of air during takeoff.

"A total of 172 gold bars weighing 3.4 tonnes have been found so far," the spokesman said, adding that none of the five crewmembers had been injured in the incident.

A police source told TASS that all the bars lost in the incident had been found. "We’ve collected all of them," he said.

Meanwhile, local media and social networks reported a gold rush among Yakutsk residents.

The airport’s press service said that technicians who were preparing the plane for takeoff could have failed to properly fix the gold cargo.

The plane safely landed at an airfield in the village of Magan, 12 kilometers from Yakutsk.


More:
http://tass.com/society/994256

I thought about posting that a few hours ago :).
Sam Adams
Member
Thu Mar 15 09:11:59
Probably shady money being used to murder journalists. What a dishonorable country.
jergul
large member
Thu Mar 15 12:07:29
Canada?

In any event, the word you are looking for is "deplorable".
Paramount
Member
Thu Mar 15 12:31:02
”The cargo was reportedly to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological company which is 75% owned by Canada's Kinross Gold.”


So, Canada lost gold.
Sam Adams
Member
Thu Mar 15 13:27:53
Maybe russia can use it to make up for all the gold medals it didnt win in the latest olympics.
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