Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with representatives of the domestic aviation industry on the occasion of the Civil Aviation Workers’ Day, talked about the case of a bird entering one of the aircraft’s engines and stopping it.
The head of state said he asked the commander of the plane at the time what he would do and said he would “make it happen”. In response, the chief asked the pilot: “Maybe it’s better to turn around and sit?”
As a result, the pilot decided to land the plane at the airport for a while.
According to the president, such situations have occurred more than once in his life, where the pilot made a choice in favor of the passenger’s safety. Putin emphasized that representatives of the aviation industry should always make decisions for safety reasons.
Putin made an analogy, “As on the road: “If you are not sure, do not overtake.”
Putin at the event said It’s about a situation in life where a helicopter pilot refuses to take it in conditions where visibility is poor, even though the trip was extremely important to the president.