A Russian plane was flying out of Yakutsk airport carrying tons of gems and precious metals.

Issues began at takeoff, when the plane's door immediately fell off, showering the runway with gold, platinum, and diamonds.

The aircraft continued to lose its cargo until it performed an emergency landing 16 miles away from its original location.

Now, residents of the area are scrambling to find both diamonds and bars of platinum and gold that fell from the sky, while police has closed off the area and is trying to locate all of the missing cargo.





Residents of Yakutsk, Russia, were in for an interesting morning on March 15 when a cargo plane accidentally dropped its valuable cargo all over the runway and the surrounding areas due to a malfunctioning door.

Issues arose right at takeoff. A significant amount of the precious cargo inside was immediately scattered all over the Yakutsk airway, but the flight continued as planned, according to The Siberian Times.

—The Siberian Times (@siberian_times) March 15, 2018

Eventually, after flying for 16 miles and showering the ground below with millions of dollars worth of diamonds, gold, and platinum, the plane was forced to land in Magan.

Overall, the cargo was valued at 21 billion rubles, or roughly $368 million — you can clearly see the huge amount of gold in this video.

The Siberian Times reports that the plane was flying to a gold mine in Krasnoyarsk called Kupol. Yakutsk (the flight's city of origin) is the capital of Russia's main diamond producing region, Yakutia.

While police sealed off the runway and are searching the surrounding area for cargo, not surprisingly locals are scrambling to find the treasure. Mail.Ru, a Russian news site, says that "residents of Yakutsk rushed to search for fallen gold bars from the sky."

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