In the west there is “helicopter money.” In Russia, they do “airplane gold.”
Gems, precious metals and diamonds rained over Russia’s coldest region when a Russian plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost a significant part of its cargo upon take off from Yakutsk airport today.
The precious rain then continued as the aircraft gained height.
The Nimbus Airlines AN-12 cargo plane hit problems during takeoff, resulting in a breach in the hull that allowed its precious cargo to fall all over the runway.
The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26kms from the airport.
The crew decided to land at the nearby airport of Magan, some 26km north-west of Yakutsk.
According to the Siberian Times, police sealed off the runway and a vast search is underway.
The monetarist dream plane was en route to Krasnoyarsk and further to the Kupol Dome mine.
The cargo was reportedly to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological company which is 75% owned by Canada’s Kinross Gold.
Meanwhile, the technical engineers at the Yakutsk airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been detained.
The value of the load was put at 21 billion rubles, or $370 million.
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