Airplane with radioactive cargo makes emergency landing in Moscow

Airplane with radioactive cargo makes emergency landing in Moscow

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A Utair passenger plane carrying a radioactive cargo made an emergency landing in Moscow due to a landing gear failure. There were 104 passengers and 5 crew members on board.

A Utair passenger airplane with radioactive substances on board, en route from Khanty-Mansiysk to Moscow, made an an emergency landing in the Russian capital. According to preliminary information, the the liner had a landing gear malfunction. This was reported by UNN with reference to Deutsche Welle.

The Utair airplane with 104 passengers on board sent a distress signal about a landing gear failure today around 1 a.m. (...) The plane was carrying 19 kilograms of radioactive substance, which is classified as dangerous goods

, the report says. 

According to the Telegram channels Shot and Baza, there were 104 passengers and five crew members on board the plane, which took off from Khanty-Mansiysk. The plane reportedly made an emergency landing at Vnukovo airport.

As mentioned in media, this is not the first time in recent times that Russian airlines have made an emergency landing due to a technical malfunction. For example. earlier, an IrAero passenger plane en route from Talakan to Irkutsk, urgently changed course and returned to the airport of departure with 106 people on board. 106 people were on board.

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