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Kiev: Snow and Snowbound Planes


Pictured: AeroSvit Airlines Boeing 737-529 Moscow
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Contact photographer Denis Lyaskovskiy

What: Aerosvit Boeing 737-500 en route from Tbilisi Georgia to Kiev Ukraine
Where: Kiev
When: Dec 28th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While landing during heavy snow, the plane ran off the runway and mired in a snow bank. The runway was closed. As snow continued, the other runway also closed.

The current weather in Kiev:
Kyiv, UR (Airport)
Updated: 9 min 23 sec ago

28 °F
Light Snow Blowing Snow
Windchill: 15 °F
Humidity: 80%
Dew Point: 23 °F
Wind: 20 mph from the West

Pressure: 29.56 in (Steady)
Visibility: 3.7 miles
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds:
Overcast 2300 ft
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 551 ft

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