Russia Emergency Plane Landing

An Air India Boeing 787-800 passenger plane en route from India to Britain made a precautionary landing in Moscow on Wednesday due to "technical problems", Sheremetyevo Airport said.

There were 161 people in the flight, including 23 children and six crew members.

An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defence nearly hit it, Russian state news agency RIA said on Friday citing Russian defence ministry spokesman.

A Russian passenger plane performed an emergency landing near Moscow shortly after take off on Thursday after birds were sucked into its engines, the airline and state media reported.

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said.

The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing.

Forty-one people were killed Sunday after a Russian passenger jet making an emergency landing in Moscow touched down and burst into flames.

Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow's busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said.

A passenger plane on fire made an emergency landing at the Moscow airport on Sunday, Russian media reported.

A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane, Baku airport said.

A drunk passenger on a Russian domestic flight demanded the plane change course, reportedly to fly to Afghanistan, forcing an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday.

An Indian Navy aircraft which was on a test flight in Russia made an emergency landing on Saturday. No one has been injured.

A Russian aircraft with 345 passengers on board has made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi after it reportedly suffered a technical fault. All passengers are reported to be safe.

An Air France flight en route to Paris from Tokyo was forced to make an emergency landing in eastern Russia on Tuesday following engine problems, officials told AFP.

A Russian airline UTair Boeing 737 plane, carrying 78 passengers plus crew, has requested an emergency landing at the main airport in St. Petersburg, the company and a Russian aviation source said today.

An Air India Boeing 787-800 passenger plane en route from India to Britain made a precautionary landing in Moscow on Wednesday due to "technical problems", Sheremetyevo Airport said.

There were 161 people in the flight, including 23 children and six crew members.

An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Russia-controlled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defence nearly hit it, Russian state news agency RIA said on Friday citing Russian defence ministry spokesman.

A Russian passenger plane performed an emergency landing near Moscow shortly after take off on Thursday after birds were sucked into its engines, the airline and state media reported.

Two people were killed and seven injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia's Buryatia region in Siberia, the area's emergency situations ministry said.

The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing.

Forty-one people were killed Sunday after a Russian passenger jet making an emergency landing in Moscow touched down and burst into flames.

Forty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow's busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said.

A passenger plane on fire made an emergency landing at the Moscow airport on Sunday, Russian media reported.

A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane, Baku airport said.

A drunk passenger on a Russian domestic flight demanded the plane change course, reportedly to fly to Afghanistan, forcing an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday.

An Indian Navy aircraft which was on a test flight in Russia made an emergency landing on Saturday. No one has been injured.

A Russian aircraft with 345 passengers on board has made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi after it reportedly suffered a technical fault. All passengers are reported to be safe.

An Air France flight en route to Paris from Tokyo was forced to make an emergency landing in eastern Russia on Tuesday following engine problems, officials told AFP.

A Russian airline UTair Boeing 737 plane, carrying 78 passengers plus crew, has requested an emergency landing at the main airport in St. Petersburg, the company and a Russian aviation source said today.