The plane carrying Tatyana Tarasova and the skaters had an accident at a Russian airport. What caused the emergency?

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft of Rossiya Airlines carrying figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova and skaters had an accident on the evening of Monday, February 5.

The aircraft arrived from Moscow and skidded off the runway in Saransk, turning sharply into a mountain of snow.

Also on board were Alexey Tikhonov, Svetlana Sokolovskaya, commentator Alexander Grishin, and employees of Channel One, who flew to the city to work at the Russian Junior Championships.

Passengers were unable to leave the plane for half an hour

As Tarasova said, passengers could not leave the plane for at least 30 minutes, while airport services cleared the snow.

After the accident, Tarasova said that her throat was very sore. She emphasized that she tries to communicate as little as possible so as not to injure the ligaments. At the same time, in a conversation with a reporter, the coach joked.

According to one of the passengers, everyone left the plane safely and went to the hotel. There were no casualties. The evacuation of 87 passengers was caught on video; they had to climb down a ramp from the tail of the plane.

The Investigative Committee became interested in the incident

As reported by the Federal Air Transport Agency, after landing (in the second half of the flight) the plane rolled to the right of the runway – tentatively, 10 meters. Saransk Airport was temporarily closed for flight arrivals and departures.

Rossiya Airlines explained that the aircraft skidded off the runway, preliminary, due to the discrepancy between its actual condition and the declared parameters.

The Central Department of Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation later reported that investigators were looking into the circumstances of the incident. The audit will be made a procedural decision.