President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to give the Hero of Russia Stars to the pilots of theTu-154 passenger plane who managed to make an emergency landing on a deserted air field in the republic of Komi on September 7, the Kremlin press service reports.
"For their courage, heroism and for exercising their professional duties in extreme conditions pilots Adnrei Lomanov and Evgeny Novoseloiv receive the Orders of the Hero of Russia, the decree read.
By the same decree, the plane's captain Rafilk Karimov, navigator Sergei Talalayev and five stewards are to be decorated with the orders for courage.
The crew of the system failure Tupolev-154 passenger liner who made a crash landing on an airfield in Komi.
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