Plane from Belarus makes emergency landing at Boryspil Airport

Plane from Belarus makes emergency landing at Boryspil Airport

Ukrinform
A plane from Belarus made a hard landing at Boryspil International Airport on Sunday, December 9, sustaining minor damage, online news site Glavcom has reported, with reference to passengers from a flight performed by Ukraine International Airlines.

"As a result of the accident, the runway was closed for flights, and due to the overloading of other runways at Boryspil Airport, some flights are being sent to Kharkiv and Odesa," the report reads.

Eyewitnesses said in social media that the plane had skidded off the runway. The area where the plane landed was cordoned off.

Boryspil Airport Director Pavlo Riabikin said that the airport was operating as normal.

op

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421.

© 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-