[throw-ru-938]

Tangentially related: after Izhma Airfield (in Komi Republic, Russia) was closed to fixed-wing aircraft, its supervisor still continued to do maintenance on the airstrip, even through it was no longer needed.

Then, 7 years later, an airliner lost power in that area, and the pilots were surprised to find a perfectly functional runway. The plane landed with no injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alrosa_Flight_514

[xattt]

The origin airport was located in an area called Udachny, which means Lucky.