A plane lost $368 million worth of cargo after its door flew open — and now gold and diamonds are scattered everywhere

• 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.

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