An Airbus A320 from Russian carrier Ural Airlines made an emergency landing in a meadow in Siberia on Tuesday after an unspecified technical incident, Russian authorities said.
According to the Russian Air Safety Monitoring Agency, the plane, which connected Sochi, on the Black Sea, with Omsk, in Siberia, landed in a grassy field near the village of Kamenka at around 02:44 GMT (03:44 in Lisbon). , Novosibirsk region.
Ural Airlines plane flies from #Sochi I am #Omsk made an emergency landing in a nearby field #Novosibirsk.
The reason for this was a malfunction in the hydraulic system, Russian media reported. There were 170 people on board the liner, including 23 children. pic.twitter.com/00vuk13DvD
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 12, 2023
“There were no injuries,” the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said, which opened a criminal investigation for “violation of air transport safety rules”.
“The causes and circumstances of the incident are under investigation,” he added.
Images released by Emergency Situations Ministry rescue teams show the plane on the ground with no obvious signs of major damage.
Ural Airlines A320 makes an emergency landing in a field near Kamenka, Novosibirsk region, Siberia. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. pic.twitter.com/MySDrPiDNi
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Russia is the target of Western sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine and faces problems with maintenance and access to spare parts for Russian airlines’ Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Source: DN
