Accidents
Irkut MC-21 Suffers Runway Overrun
MC-21-300 prototype 73051 ended a one-engine-out breaking test stuck in heavy snow.
Irkut MC-21 prototype 73051 took to the air for the first time on May 28, 2017. (Photo: UAC)
Irkut MC-21 prototype 73051 took to the air for the first time on May 28, 2017. (Photo: UAC)

One of Irkut’s MC-21 prototypes overran the runway at the Zhukovsky Aerodrome and came to a stop in heavy snow during an emergency braking maneuver, Irkut parent United Aircraft Corp. confirmed in a tweet on Monday.  The incident involved prototype 73051, the first Pratt & Whitney PW1400G-powered MC-21 built.