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By Simon Hradecky, created Thursday, Mar 15th 2018 19:18Z, last updated Thursday, Mar 15th 2018 19:30Z A Nimbus Airlines Antonov AN-12, registration RA-11130 performing a freight flight from Yakutsk to Krasnojarsk (Russia) carrying a cargo of 9000kg of gold ingots, suffered a shift of its cargo upon departure from Yakutsk causing about 3400 kg of the cargo to break through the fuselage and become distributed over the runway. The aircraft managed to climb out, several airframe panels separated in flight and dropped into a local car park, and diverted to Magan about 6nm west of Yakutsk for a safe landing. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage.



The East Siberian Investigation Department of Transport Russia reported first preliminary investigation results suggest the cargo was fastened incorrectly.



Rosaviatsia reported the aircraft "dropped" its cargo following a cargo shift.



The owner of the cargo, a Chukotka based gold mining company reported, that all 172 ingots, about 3400 kg of gold, dropped from the aircraft were recovered, all of the cargo was accounted for.



The aircraft was enroute from Chukotka (East Siberia) to Krasnojarsk with a scheduled fuel stop at Yakutsk.



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The plane was carrying nine tons of gold and lost about a third of its cargo due to the accident. A “strong flow of air” during takeoff caused the An-12 transport aircraft’s cargo hatch to pop off, resulting in the spill. It was taking off from the Siberian city of Yakutsk, meaning authorities had to brave the cold weather to get back the gold.

The story was bizarre enough to generate its own Twitter moment. One Russian account tweeted an image of a broken off piece of the aircraft lying in the snow.

Meanwhile, the Siberian Times captured several images of the plane, the damage that was done to it and the gold bars splayed out around the runway. The Times said the plane’s load was worth 21 billion rubles, or around $368 million.

The gold was carried by an An-12, a Soviet transport craft that is still in service in various parts of the world. TASS reported that there was a minor gold rush among the locals, but apparently, all of the gold was safely recovered.</s>KHQ.COM - A plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost some of its cargo after taking off from an airport in Russia.



The precious cargo had a total value of $368 million!



Details are a little scare but the plane reportedly had some problems during takeoff causing the treasures to fall out of the hold all over the runway. An investigation is still underway. 



Some of the gold was recovered as far as 16 miles away from the Yakutsk Airport where the plane took off. 



The crew decided to land at the nearby airport. Police sealed off the runway to recover the items.



The cargo was reported to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological Company. 



Technical engineers at the airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been detained. 



MORE ON THIS STORY: https://tinyurl.com/yb2o5pum</s>A plane lost large quantities of a £265 million cargo of diamonds, platinum and gold as they rained on a runway upon take off in Siberia.

The treasures fell out of a loose hatch in the plane’s hold and fell over the runway and a swathe of Yakutia, Russia.

The hatch came off near a car market but luckily no one was injured.

After discovering it had been dropping the valuables, the Krasnoyarsk-bound aircraft made an emergency landing at Magan.

“The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane hit problems during takeoff and the treasures fell out of the hold all over the runway,” reported The Siberian Times .

“The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 15 miles from the airport.”

Police have sealed off the runway and a vast search is underway.

Only secret services operatives are allowed to take part.

It is currently unclear if it was an accident or a deliberate attempt at a ring heist.

Technical engineers at the airport who prepared it for takeoff have been detained.

The cargo belonged to Chukota Mining and Geological company.

Some 75% of shares belong to Canadian Kinross Gold.

Yakutsk is capital of Yakutia or the Sakha Republic, Russia’s diamond producing region.</s>A RUSSIAN PLANE loaded with precious metals lost its glittering cargo on take-off, scattering the runway with gold and silver.

The Antonov plane was taking off after refuelling in an airport at Yakutsk in Siberia when its cargo door flew open and out tumbled nearly 200 bars from the Kupol gold mine in the remote Chukotka region, investigators said.

The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes.

“As it gathered height, the cargo door became damaged due to the shifting of cargo” and “part of the cargo was scattered on the runway,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram.

The plane was forced to land back at the airport, and police immediately sealed off the area to prevent locals from rushing to the scene of the rare windfall, Yakut media local news site reported.

It posted a video of what looked like large white-ish bricks lying on the runway.

“172 bars have been found weighing around 3.4 tonnes,” the local interior ministry told TASS state news agency. “Only part of the gold fell out — altogether there were around nine tonnes in there.”

Kupol mine where the cargo came from is operated by Canada-based mining company Kinross Gold.

And apparently none of the valuable cargo is missing,

A Russian spokesman for the company, Stanislav Borodyuk, told Interfax news agency that “all the cargo has been picked up, there are no losses.”

He said the bars were Dore, a semi-pure alloy of silver and gold.

Investigators say the problem on take-off was likely due to the cargo not being properly stabilised.

Read: Four dead after bridge collapses on highway in Florida ></s>A Russian plane loaded with precious metals lost its glittering cargo on take-off Thursday, scattering the runway with gold and silver.

The Antonov plane was taking off after refuelling in an airport at Yakutsk in Siberia when its cargo door flew open — and out tumbled nearly 200 bars from the Kupol gold mine in the remote Chukotka region, investigators said.

The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes.

“As it gathered height, the cargo door became damaged due to the shifting of cargo” and “part of the cargo was scattered on the runway,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram.

The plane was forced to land back at the airport, and police immediately sealed off the area to prevent locals from rushing to the scene of the rare windfall, Yakutmedia local news site reported.

It posted a video of what looked like large white-ish bricks lying on the runway.</s>A Russian plane was taking off in Siberia when its cargo door buckled under shifting weight, bursting open and scattering nearly 200 bars of gold and silver on the runway, the reports.

The Antonov plane, which stopped to refuel at the Yakutsk airport, was reportedly carrying 9.3 tons of precious metals when it took off.

“As it gathered height, the cargo door became damaged due to the shifting of cargo,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram, according to the . The plane was forced to land back at the airport.

Local media reported that police immediately closed off the runway to prevent people from flooding to the scene to collect the jackpot.

“One hundred and seventy two bars have been found weighing around 3.4 tonnes,” the local interior ministry told TASS state news agency, the reports. “Only part of the gold fell out – altogether there were around nine tonnes in there.”

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The bars came from the Kupol gold mine in the Chukotka region, investigators said, which is operated by Canada-based mining company Kinross Gold.

According to a spokesman for the company, Stanislav Borodyuk, “all the cargo has been picked up, there are no losses.”

Investigators say the cargo probably had not been properly stabilized before take-off.</s>In the west there is "helicopter money." In Russia, they do "airplane gold."

Gems, precious metals and diamonds worth hundreds of millions rained over Russia’s coldest region when a Russian plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost a significant part of its cargo upon taking off from an airport in the Russian region of Yakutsk, famous for its rich natural resources and diamond deposits.

The precious rain then continued as the aircraft gained height.

The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane hit problems during takeoff, resulting in a breach in the hull that allowed its precious cargo to fall all over the runway.

The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26kms from the airport.

Local media reports that the glittering metal bars seen in the photos are indeed gold, platinum and gems. TASS cited officials from the Interior Ministry as saying that some 172 gold bars weighing about 3.4 tons were recovered.

Yakutsk Airport insisted that the plane was operational and was ready for the flight. After leaving its cargo on the runway, the plane made a successful landing in the nearby Magan Airport, some 26km north-west of Yakutsk.

According to the Siberian Times, police sealed off the runway and a vast search is underway.

The monetarist dream plane was en route to Krasnoyarsk and further to the Kupol Dome mine.

The plane was carrying more than 9 tons of “concentrate containing precious metal” that belonged to the Mining and Geological Company in the neighboring Chukotka region, the committee said. The ill-fated hatch fell on the local auto market, causing no injuries. The Chukotka Mining and Geological company is 75% owned by Canada's Kinross Gold.

Meanwhile, the technical engineers at the Yakutsk airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been detained.

The value of the load was put at 21 billion rubles, or $370 million.</s>A plane's door hatch broke open while taking off at the Yakutsk airport in Russia and it lost a part of its cargo that consisted ten tons of gold, platinum, and diamonds.

The total worth of the cargo which was loaded on the plane is estimated to be USD 365 million (Rs 2369 crore).

The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane struck with problems immediately after take-off and soon the precious metals were all over the runway. A local news report added that more cargo rained down as the aircraft gained height.

Gold bars were found as far as 26 km from the airport till the crew decided to land the plane at a nearby airport at Magan. The runway has been sealed and the police and secret service are conducting a vast search operation.

The cargo belonged to Chukota Mining and Geological Company in which a Canadian company Kinross Gold has a majority stake. The plane was en-route to Krasnoyarsk and further to Kupol (Dome) mine.

Yakutsk region in Russia, apart from being one of the coldest, is also a major diamond producing region.

The police have detained the technical engineers who prepared the aircraft for flight.</s>Spring showers took on a whole new meaning Thursday in one of the coldest places on Earth when a plane carrying gold bars lost part of its cargo after taking off from an airport in Russia's eastern Siberia region.

A plane carrying more than 9 tons of gold and other precious metals spilled nearly 200 bars onto the runway and on a nearby car market when its cargo hatch failed after it took off at an airport in the city of Yakutsk.

The crew decided to land at the nearby airport of Magan, 26 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of Yakutsk.

Police sealed off the airport and the nearby region to search for the pricey cargo and prevent locals from rushing to the scene of the rare windfall.

Local interior ministry officials told the TASS state news agency that "172 bars have been found weighing around 3.4 tons."

The Kupol mine, where the cargo came from, is operated by Canada-based mining company Kinross Gold. All of the bars have been recovered, a spokesman for Kinross Gold told news agency Interfax.

No one was hurt in the incident.
Approximately 3,400kg of gold ingots break free from a Nimbus Airlines Antonov An-12 cargo plane and fall onto the runway at Yakutsk Airport.