American and Russian crew members OK after Offutt-based jet makes unscheduled landing
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Steve Liewer
Thirty-two American and Russian crew members are safe after an Air Force OC-135B “Open Skies” surveillance jet based at Offutt Air Force Base made an unscheduled landing in the Russian Far East.
The jet had taken off from Ulan-Ude, in southern Siberia, on Tuesday. Soon after takeoff, the crew realized that some landing gear had failed to fully retract after takeoff, said Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza, a Pentagon spokeswoman.
The crew did not declare an emergency, she said, but crew members ended the photographic mission and flew the plane with its landing gear down to Khabarovsk, about 1,200 miles away.
The six Russians who were on board were members of an escort contingent to guide and monitor the Americans while they were in Russian airspace.
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