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Russia Na Wa: Passengers Push Frozen Jet. (pictures) by julioralph(m): 9:02pm On Dec 08, 2014
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First of all, I must state that this thread was inspired by the BRT bus thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/2034809/lagos-na-wa-passengers-push

From the daily mail:

Passengers on a Russian plane disembarked in minus 52C to push their jet - after its brakes froze in the icy temperatures.

The UTair aircraft 'literally froze on the ground at Igarka airport, above the Arctic Circle,' reported The Siberian Times.

'Fearing the UTair service to regional capital Krasnoyarsk could be delayed, many of the 70 passengers used brute strength to free the 30 ton Tupolev 134.'
Men - many of them oil and gas workers - are heard shouting: 'Come on, push!'

One says: 'Real man can plant a tree, build a house, push a plane.'

Another added: 'We just want to get back home.'

The passengers pushed the plane's wings, freeing the frozen brakes, and moving it backwards.

Problems developed on one of the coldest days of the year because 'the wrong kind of grease was used for the landing gear' - unsuitable for Far North locations, it was reported.

Vladimir Artemenko, a director of Katekavia, which ran the flight jointly with UTair, claimed the Tu-134 was 'technically serviceable', but the chilly temperatures led it to freeze up.

The airport tractor had failed to move the plane.

'When people pushed the plane, the wheel cranked out, and then the aircraft could continue to move,' he said.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2850110/Passengers-told-PUSH-plane-brakes-froze-minus-52C-temperatures-Russia.html

Re: Russia Na Wa: Passengers Push Frozen Jet. (pictures) by ammyluv2002(f): 9:05pm On Dec 08, 2014
LOL.....very funny but they can't push it now grin grin grin grin

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Re: Russia Na Wa: Passengers Push Frozen Jet. (pictures) by Ukeachu1(m): 9:40pm On Dec 08, 2014
we push bus they push planes

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Re: Russia Na Wa: Passengers Push Frozen Jet. (pictures) by tck2000(m): 1:48pm On Jul 12, 2019
Lol

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