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Technical malfunctions force Boeing-757-200 to land in Yakutsk

No accidents were reported during the landing. No one was hurt

MOSCOW, November 11 (Itar-Tass) —— A Boeing-757-200 jet en route from Moscow to the Far Eastern city of Magadan made a forced landing in Yakutsk early on Friday, because of technical malfunctions, a spokesman for the Russian Air Transport Agency told Itar-Tass.

“While in the air, the Boeing-757-200 airplane developed malfunctions in the system feeding air to the flight deck. The pilots decided to land in the Yakutsk airport,” the spokesman said.

No accidents were reported during the landing. No one was hurt.

The Russian Air Transport Agency has set up an ad hoc commission to probe into the accident.