Qualla: Alrosa Flight 514 https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/alrosa-flight-514-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Alrosa Flight 514 https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514 Alrosa Flight 514: Introduction https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514/ Photo credit Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0. At some point over Usinsk on the morning of September 7, 2010, every electrical system on Alrosa Flight 514 stopped working. The fuel pumps that transferred fuel from the wing tanks to the engine supply tank in the fuselage went silent. The navigation equipment went dark. The radio died. The flaps, which required electrical switches to operate despite being hydraulically powered, would not move. The crew of the Tupolev Tu-154, carrying 72 passengers and 9 crew members, were suddenly flying a 100-ton aircraft over the subarctic taiga of the Komi Republic with no instruments, no radio, no flaps, and nowhere obvious to land.

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/alrosa-flight-514-wp/v5w3-alrosa-flight-514-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Alrosa Flight 514: The Decision https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514/ Photo credit Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0. Captain Novoselov and First Officer Lamanov had limited options. Without the ability to transfer fuel, the aircraft could not reach Moscow. Without radio, they could not call for help through normal channels. The crew identified Izhma Airport — a former airfield now used only for...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/alrosa-flight-514-wp/v5w3-alrosa-flight-514-the-decision.mp3 0:06 2 full Alrosa Flight 514: All 81 Survived https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514/ Photo credit Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0. Every person on board walked away. The passengers were later flown by Mil Mi-8 helicopter to Ukhta Airport, where a replacement Tu-154 continued their journey to Moscow. Two passengers, apparently having had enough of aircraft for one day, chose to continue by rail instead. Russi...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/alrosa-flight-514-wp/v5w3-alrosa-flight-514-all-81-survived.mp3 0:06 3 full Alrosa Flight 514: Getting the Plane Out https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514/ Photo credit Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0. The aircraft, registered RA-85684, sat at Izhma for six months while engineers debated how to extract it. The runway was too short for a standard Tu-154 takeoff. But the alternative — dismantling the aircraft on site — was expensive and final. On March 24, 2011, test pilots manag...

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]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/w/3/alrosa-flight-514-wp/v5w3-alrosa-flight-514-getting-the-plane-out.mp3 0:06 4 full Alrosa Flight 514: The Plane Named Izhma https://qualla.com/alrosa-flight-514/ Photo credit Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0. Repairs were completed in June 2011. The aircraft was given the name Izhma and returned to regular service with Alrosa. It flew for another seven years before its certificate of airworthiness expired in September 2018 and the airline judged renewal uneconomical. On September 29, ...

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