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Cargo Polish aircraft AN-26 this morning, made an emergency landing on the ice of Lake Ülemiste. According to initial reports, people were not injured.

According to the portal Postimees.ee, aircraft owned by DHL. It was later clarified that the owner of the aircraft is chartered by DHL Polish company EXIN. The lake after the fall of the aircraft did not sink. The rescuers got the message of the fall of the aircraft in 10.21 and left the scene.

Rescuers arrived at the scene found that the fuel flows out of the plane. The volume of the leak investigation. According to rescuers, the ice can support the weight of the aircraft. We arrived at the scene four rescue teams and ambulances. According to ERR, from the plane began to siphon off fuel.
According to the reporter Postimees.ee, located on the ground, around the aircraft using a tractor to clear snow, so as machines rescuers were unable to reach the plane.

Pass the Tartu highway eyewitness told Postimees.ee, that he saw from the airport by flying an airplane that is not gaining altitude, but on the contrary, lost it, and at some point hit the ice.

The problem with the chassis

According to initial reports, the plane could not land on the first attempt at Tallinn airport, because no one came out of the chassis. In the second approach the aircraft had problems with the engine and the plane made an emergency landing on the ice of Lake Ülemiste. Crisis management department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications is investigating the circumstances of the accident.

Member of the Board of Tallinn Airport Eric Sacco told the agency BNS, that all crew members survived.

Polish crew

According to DzD.ee, all crew members have Polish citizenship. The Polish embassy DzD.ee reported that the crew members were six, and two of them were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Consul Piotr Stazhinski left at the scene. The names of the crew members at the embassy is not yet known.

Subsequently, from the North-Estonian Rescue Centre received information that the hospital for examination has been delivered only one person.

Chapter DHL Baltikum Christine Laaneots reported Postimees.ee, that, according to initial data, and the team, and was in a cargo plane remained intact. "This is a regular flight that every day brings us the goods, and from us is a transit center of Helsinki. On board was the most common items. Regarding the reasons for the emergency landing we do not have, unfortunately, no information, "- added Laaneots. The size of damage to a plane, it also could not estimate.

According to an employee of Tallinn Airport Reina Loic, the main question now is how to get the plane off the ice and withstand any ice.

Last time the plane fell into the lake Ülemiste in the 1970s.