Plane loses its $368 million cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds on takeoff
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Thursday, 15 March, 2018, 16:00
The plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost part of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk airport today. More rained down as the aircraft gained height. The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane hit problems during takeoff; the treasures fell out of the hold all over the runway. The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26 kilometres from the airport. The crew decided to land at the nearby airport of Magan, some 26 kilometres north-west of Yakutsk. Police sealed off the runway and a vast search is underway.
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