Russian jet lands in Moscow after declaring emergency

Russian jet lands in Moscow after declaring emergency

The plane sent the alert while en route from the Arctic port of Murmansk.

The Boeing 737 airliner declared an in-flight emergency before landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. (AP pic)
MOSCOW:
A Russian-operated Boeing 737 airliner that declared an in-flight emergency during a domestic flight yesterday landed safely at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Tass news agency cited a civil aviation source as saying.

The plane, flying at an altitude of more than 10,000m, sent the alert while en route from the Arctic port of Murmansk to Moscow, 1,500km to the south.

The Tass report did not give any more details or identify the airline.

S7, Russia’s biggest private airline and the country’s second largest carrier overall, offers flights between the two cities.

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