What: UTAir Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-200 en route from Kazan to Moscow
Where: Moscow
When: Dec 27th 2010
Who: 52 passengers
Why: On landing at Vnukovo Airport (Moscow), the plane skidded and came to rest off the runway stuck in snow. There were no injuries reported.
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