Utair B737-800 makes emergency landing in Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport
A Utair B737-800 aircraft was forced to perform an emergency landing in Moscow after it encountered stabilizer issues.
Flight UT 881 was scheduled to fly from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) in Uzbekistan on January 7, 2025.
The flight, which was carrying 173 passengers, met with stabilizer issues mid-flight, and was forced to make an emergency landing at Vnukovo Airport (VKO), about 41 kilometers from Moscow’s center.
According to local Russian news outlets, the flight was able to land safely without any reported injuries.
Coincidentally, the emergency landing occurred during a temporary restricted period at Vnukovo Airport. Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, declared that takeoffs and landings were suspended for a time at Vnukovo Airport due to technical issues beyond the airport’s control.
The suspension was lifted shortly after the B737-800 emergency landing.
Flight UT881’s emergency landing came just a week after another Utair flight was caught on video making a miraculous emergency landing in an unspecified field in Russia with just one functional propeller.
Russian Utair passenger plane makes emergency landing with one propellerLuckily, no one got hurt pic.twitter.com/ZtN98w4YQv— RT (@RT_com) December 30, 2024
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