Russian Pilot Makes Emergency Landing

Russian pilot Damir Yusupov might not consider himself a hero, but many people say otherwise.

On August 15, Yusupov and his co-pilot, Georgy Murzin, saved 233 passengers with a brave emergency landing.

On that day, a flock of birds hit the airplane soon after it took off from an airport in Moscow.

Thinking quickly, Yusupov turned off the engines to keep them from bursting into flames.

However, there was not enough time to return to the airport.

So, Yusupov and Murzin strategically landed in a cornfield near Moscow.

One passenger said the plane begun shaking five seconds into the flight.

Then, it was back on the ground and people were running away.

More than 20 people sustained injuries,but fortunately, everyone survived.

 

• otherwise  ˈʌðərwaɪz   (…와는) 다르게[다른 방법으로], 달리  /  (만약) 그렇지 않으면[않았다면]

• flock  flɑ́k  (양·염소·집오리·새 등의) 떼, 무리 ((of)), [pl.] (재산으로서의) 양[염소]의 떼 (=group)

• burst into  …에 난입하다, 갑자기 …하다. * burst into flame(s)   확 타오르다 burst into tears  눈물을 터뜨리다.

• burst  bɜːrst  터지다, 파열하다, 터뜨리다, 파열시키다

• sustained  səstéind  지속된, 한결같은, 일관된 

• sustain səˈsteɪn  (필요한 것을 제공하여) 살아가게[존재하게/지탱하게] 하다, 계속[지속]시키다 (=maintain)  (피해 등을) 입다[당하다] (=suffer)