An Airbus A320, of the Russian airline Ural Airlines, made an emergency landing today in a Siberian meadow, after an unspecified technical incident, Russian authorities reported.
According to the Russian air safety monitoring agency, the plane, which was connecting Sochi, on the Black Sea, with Omsk, in Siberia, landed around 02:44 GMT (03:44 in Lisbon) on a grassy area near from the village of Kamenka. , in the Novosibirsk region.
“There were no injuries,” said the investigative committee of the Russian Federation, which opened a criminal investigation for “violation of air transport safety regulations.”
“The causes and circumstances of the incident are being investigated,” he added.
Images released by rescue teams from the Ministry of Emergency Situations show the plane on the ground with no apparent signs of major damage.
Russia, the target of Western sanctions due to the invasion of Ukraine, faces maintenance problems and access to spare parts for Airbus and Boeing planes operated by Russian airlines.
Source: TSF
