https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/n...g/news-story/00cb8a81a9cb157e62649813d59f4eca
EDITOR ON DUTY: Michael Mehr
March 16, 2018 8:03am
A Russian plane loaded with precious metals lost its glittering cargo on take-off yesterday, scattering the runway with gold and silver.
The Antonov plane was taking off after refuelling in an airport at Yakutsk in Siberia when its cargo door flew open - and out tumbled nearly 200 bars from the Kupol gold mine in the remote Chukotka region, investigators said. “As it gathered height, the cargo door became damaged due to the shifting of cargo” and “part of the cargo was scattered on the runway,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Telegram.
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But I wus' there, back in 2013 on Lake Baikal.
Never when & where I should be.
Cheers,
