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ATR-45 plane makes emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk airport

During the flight the warning system went off and the aircraft commander made a decision to return to the departure airport

KRASNOYARSK, October 25 (Itar-Tass) — The ATR-45 passenger plane of the Taimyr airline has made an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk airport. Nobody has been hurt, the press service of the territorial department of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) told Itar-Tass.

The airliner was performing a flight en route from Krasnoyarsk to Tura. It carried 42 passengers and three crewmembers. “During the flight the warning system went off and the aircraft commander made a decision to return to the departure airport,” the EMERCOM explained.

At 10:45, local time (06:45 MSK) the plane made an emergency landing. The circumstances of the incident are being ascertained.