A Boeing 777-300 plane got stuck sideways in the grass after a crew member made a “mistake”.
The Swiss Airlines flight was travelling from Tokyo to Zurich on Saturday, (17 August) at 4pm.
However, shortly after take-off, there was a medical emergency onboard.
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The crew informed the pilot who proceeded to land as soon as possible.
At the time, the flight was crossing China but the pilot made a slight diversion to the north.
They announced that the plane would be landing at Astana International Airport (NQZ) in Kazakhstan.
But upon touchdown, there was an issue.
An airport spokesperson said: “The plane slid onto the grass during a turn on the taxiway due to a mistake by the crew.
“An alarm was triggered at to carry out rescue operations.”
The Boeing’s nose gear became lodged in the soft ground.
This caused major issues for operations as Astana airport was forced to delay all planned flights for two hours.
Rescue efforts were put into action to get the plane out of the grass and off the 150-foot wide runway.
The aircraft eventually had to be towed back onto the runway.
The passenger who had suffered an emergency was tended to by first responders and taken to a local hospital.
Another aircraft by Swiss Airlines sister company Austrian Airlines was sent to Astana to return the remaining 331 passengers and crew to Zurich.
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