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Russian Tatarstan Airbus Ends Up in Kazan Airport Snowbank

What: Tatarstan Airlines Airbus A319-112
Where: Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
When: Dec 1, 2012 8:30 am
Who: 109 passengers
Why: Preparing for take-off to go to Moscow at 8:30, the Tatarstan Airlines Airbus overran the runway, ending up in a snowbank. The problem according to LifeNews was ice on the runway.

No passengers were injured. A wing is mired in the bank of snow, tying up the runway for takeoffs and landings.

The flight was delayed until 13:00 Moscow time. The incident is under investigation.

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