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En ze hadden uiteindelijk "maar" 800 meter van de beschikbare 1300 nodig gehad...
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... u-154.html
DATE:24/03/11
SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
VIDEO: Test pilots extract stranded Alrosa Tu-154
By David Kaminski-Morrow
Pilots in Russia have managed to extract an Alrosa Tupolev Tu-154 from Izhma, six months after an emergency landing left the aircraft stranded.
The accident damaged the trijet and the short 1,300m runway at Izhma, in the Komi republic, meant that it could not easily be flown out again.
Tupolev says it carried out a technical study on the state of the aircraft, which came down after a power failure, and that test pilots from the Russian state aviation institute were selected to fly the aircraft out.
"After repair the aircraft will continue to operate for Alrosa," it adds.
Video images show the aircraft, RA-85684, departing from the Izhma airfield following initial repair work.
It had been en route from Polyarny to Moscow on 7 September last year when it was forced to perform the emergency landing.
Initial reports suggest the empty aircraft became airborne from Izhma after a take-off roll of 800m.
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