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ATR 42–500 Makes Safe Landing at Tolmachevo after Gear Failure

What: NordStar Airlines ATR 42–500
Where: Tolmachevo Airport Russia
When: Dec 5, 2012
Who: 31 aboard 4 crew, 27 passengers
Why: The press service of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office reported a hard landing of the NordStar Airlines ATR 42–500.

The plane had taken off normally but the gears would not retract. THe pilot informed ATC and returned to the airport where pilots made a safe landing (though reported as a “crash” landing.) No one was injured.

The West Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office will be investigating.

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