Plane has made an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow

Archive April 10, 2013, 12:24

There were 98 passengers and six crewmen on board

MOSCOW, April 10 (Itar-Tass) - A passenger plane A-319 has made an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow on Wednesday. The flight from Surgut had reported a defect in the plane's undercarriage control system before it safely landed in Moscow, a spokesman for Sheremetyevo airport told Itar-Tass.

The plane touched down at 6. 50 am Moscow time. There were 98 passengers and six crewmen on board; none of them was hurt, the spokesman said. The airport emergency rescue services were put on alert and followed the plane as it was landing, he said.

 

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