In Istanbul there was hail with chicken egg. Aircraft of Turkish company "Atlasglobal" fell under the hail. The pilots of this aircraft were Ukrainian pilots. When the plane took off, at an altitude of more than a kilometer, a huge hail severely damaged the nose of the plane, the front windows of the aircraft were damaged, and also the navigation system. The pilots decided to make an emergency landing. Istanbul airport closed all the ups and downs because of the almost zero visibility, but the damaged aircraft allowed landing.

On the territory of the airport were already preparing for the crash of the aircraft. There were already waiting for the ambulance and fire trucks. Alexander Akopov with an inoperative navigation system landed the aircraft almost blindly. Capital created the bank of the aircraft and looked only through the window leaf. The plane made a successful landing. Heroic pilot applauded the entire airport. The pilot himself commented on the situation: "I'm flying for 30 years. Well, did you see how the plane landed? Fine? Passengers are alive, "TSN reports..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the United States on the freeway crashed plane, there are dead.