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UTair's B-737/800 airplane inverts the route and lands in emergency in Moscow

Moscow, Russia - Due to the supposed technical problems signalled by the instrumentation on board. But passengers report lightning and strong bangs on the fuselage

The pilot of another B-737/800 airplane yesterday -the same model of the Rostov tragedy that last Saturday (March 19) has provoked the death of 62 people on board on the 981 flight of Flydubai (see for details AVIONEWS)- served by the Russian carrier UTair, took off from Moscow-Vnukovo airport with 112 passengers on board to Surgut (Western Siberia), has been forced to about turn and luckily the landing...

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Rome, Italy, 03/21/2016 17:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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