TALLINN — The cargo airplane that landed on a frozen lake in Tallinn was transported to Tallinn International Airport on Saturday morning at 1 a.m. to be dismantled and investigated for the causes of the accident.
The cargo carrier AN26, belonging to the Polish EXIN company, was forced to make an emergency landing on Lake Ülemiste, located directly east of the airport on March 18. The plane carried DHL shipments and had six crew members on board, only one of whom was injured.
As Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn’s [private_supervisor]primary drinking water supply, the Tallinn Water Company says it is continuing to regularly check the water for fuel contamination, but has not found any yet.
More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane and about 700-800 liters leaked, but most of it was gathered with absorbent beams, evaporated or was picked out of the snow and lake water, as oil and gas floats on the surface of water.
The Tallinn Water Company said the Estonian capital’s drinking water still meets all quality requirements, as quality tests have not shown any deterioration or signs of oil compounds in the untreated water.
Priit Koff, press spokesman of Tallinn Water Company said that today there are no signs of contamination but the water is still being monitored.
“The quality indicators of raw water which comes to the water treatment plant meets all quality requirements, the majority of the spilled fuel has been collected or is vaporized,” Koff told Baltic Reports. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]primary drinking water supply, the Tallinn Water Company says it is continuing to regularly check the water for fuel contamination, but has not found any yet.
More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane and about 700-800 liters leaked, but most of it was gathered with absorbent beams, evaporated or was picked out of the snow and lake water, as oil and gas floats on the surface of water.
The Tallinn Water Company said the Estonian capital’s drinking water still meets all quality requirements, as quality tests have not shown any deterioration or signs of oil compounds in the untreated water.
Priit Koff, press spokesman of Tallinn Water Company said that today there are no signs of contamination but the water is still being monitored.
“The quality indicators of raw water which comes to the water treatment plant meets all quality requirements, the majority of the spilled fuel has been collected or is vaporized,” Koff told Baltic Reports. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]primary drinking water supply, the Tallinn Water Company says it is continuing to regularly check the water for fuel contamination, but has not found any yet.
More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane and about 700-800 liters leaked, but most of it was gathered with absorbent beams, evaporated or was picked out of the snow and lake water, as oil and gas floats on the surface of water.
The Tallinn Water Company said the Estonian capital’s drinking water still meets all quality requirements, as quality tests have not shown any deterioration or signs of oil compounds in the untreated water.
Priit Koff, press spokesman of Tallinn Water Company said that today there are no signs of contamination but the water is still being monitored.
“The quality indicators of raw water which comes to the water treatment plant meets all quality requirements, the majority of the spilled fuel has been collected or is vaporized,” Koff told Baltic Reports. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]primary drinking water supply, the Tallinn Water Company says it is continuing to regularly check the water for fuel contamination, but has not found any yet.
More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane and about 700-800 liters leaked, but most of it was gathered with absorbent beams, evaporated or was picked out of the snow and lake water, as oil and gas floats on the surface of water.
The Tallinn Water Company said the Estonian capital’s drinking water still meets all quality requirements, as quality tests have not shown any deterioration or signs of oil compounds in the untreated water.
Priit Koff, press spokesman of Tallinn Water Company said that today there are no signs of contamination but the water is still being monitored.
“The quality indicators of raw water which comes to the water treatment plant meets all quality requirements, the majority of the spilled fuel has been collected or is vaporized,” Koff told Baltic Reports. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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