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| Date: | Thursday 15 March 2018 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12BP |
| Owner/operator: | Kosmos Airlines |
| Registration: | 11130 |
| MSN: | 02348205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Yakutsk Airport (YKS/UEEE) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Yakutsk Airport (YKS/UEEE) |
| Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The An-12B suffered a partial failure of the rear cargo door during takeoff from Yakutsk Airport, Russia. Part of the cargo, consisting of gold concentrate ingots, fell onto the runway and the departure path, up to 26 km from the airport.
A total of 172 ingots of gold, weighing 20 kg each, were collected from the runway.
Sources:
https://yakutiamedia.ru/news/676790/
https://www.currenttime.tv/a/29101384.html
https://www.rbc.ru/society/15/03/2018/5aaa19129a79477a19f16847
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/plane-loses-its-368-million-cargo-of-gold-platinum-and-diamonds-on-takeoff/
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https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7665330
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Media:
It's -21C in Yakutia, sunny, we expect showers of diamond, platinum and gold... Plane loses its $368 million cargo; gems and precious metals rain over Russia’s coldest region as police and secret services stage emergency search https://t.co/NsUeOWxZf5 pic.twitter.com/8OXd6Al9is
— The Siberian Times (@siberian_times) March 15, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2018 10:08 | Hans Gruber | Added |
| 15-Mar-2018 12:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 12:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 13:43 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 18:03 | harro | Updated [Registration, Embed code, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 21:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 16-Mar-2018 07:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
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