TALLINN — After two days of hard work, the cargo airplane that landed on and then was partially submerged in a frozen lake in Tallinn finally reached dry land on Friday evening.
Rescue teams along with the construction company AS Temiir and its heavy equipment started pulling the aircraft out of Lake Ülemiste Thursday night after landing gear and fuel problems. The aircraft was finally pulled to the shore at 5:38 pm. Friday with two universal cranes and a [private_supervisor]Mercedes-Benz Actros 4150 towing machine.
Kalev Vapper, press spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, said the plane will be cut to pieces and transported to the premises of Tallinn International Airport.
The cargo carrier AN26, belonging to the Polish EXIN company landed in the lake, located directly east of Tallinn International Airport Thursday morning at 10:18 a.m. The aircraft carried DHL shipments.
The aircraft had six crew members on board, one of whom was briefly hospitalized and released Thursday with light injuries.
“No pollution”
Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn’s primary drinking water supply. More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane Thursday and 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.
“One can’t really talk about any contamination as the pollution is minimal, and the fuel is fast to vaporize,” Peeter Randoja, press spokesman of Northern Estonia Rescue Board told Baltic Reports.
The Tallinn Water Company 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. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]Mercedes-Benz Actros 4150 towing machine.
Kalev Vapper, press spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, said the plane will be cut to pieces and transported to the premises of Tallinn International Airport.
The cargo carrier AN26, belonging to the Polish EXIN company landed in the lake, located directly east of Tallinn International Airport Thursday morning at 10:18 a.m. The aircraft carried DHL shipments.
The aircraft had six crew members on board, one of whom was briefly hospitalized and released Thursday with light injuries.
“No pollution”
Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn’s primary drinking water supply. More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane Thursday and 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.
“One can’t really talk about any contamination as the pollution is minimal, and the fuel is fast to vaporize,” Peeter Randoja, press spokesman of Northern Estonia Rescue Board told Baltic Reports.
The Tallinn Water Company 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. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]Mercedes-Benz Actros 4150 towing machine.
Kalev Vapper, press spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, said the plane will be cut to pieces and transported to the premises of Tallinn International Airport.
The cargo carrier AN26, belonging to the Polish EXIN company landed in the lake, located directly east of Tallinn International Airport Thursday morning at 10:18 a.m. The aircraft carried DHL shipments.
The aircraft had six crew members on board, one of whom was briefly hospitalized and released Thursday with light injuries.
“No pollution”
Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn’s primary drinking water supply. More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane Thursday and 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.
“One can’t really talk about any contamination as the pollution is minimal, and the fuel is fast to vaporize,” Peeter Randoja, press spokesman of Northern Estonia Rescue Board told Baltic Reports.
The Tallinn Water Company 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. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]Mercedes-Benz Actros 4150 towing machine.
Kalev Vapper, press spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, said the plane will be cut to pieces and transported to the premises of Tallinn International Airport.
The cargo carrier AN26, belonging to the Polish EXIN company landed in the lake, located directly east of Tallinn International Airport Thursday morning at 10:18 a.m. The aircraft carried DHL shipments.
The aircraft had six crew members on board, one of whom was briefly hospitalized and released Thursday with light injuries.
“No pollution”
Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn’s primary drinking water supply. More than 2,000 liters of airplane fuel was pumped out of the plane Thursday and 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.
“One can’t really talk about any contamination as the pollution is minimal, and the fuel is fast to vaporize,” Peeter Randoja, press spokesman of Northern Estonia Rescue Board told Baltic Reports.
The Tallinn Water Company 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. [/private_subscription 1 year]
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