Russian Airbus A320 airplane emergency lands in Serbia

Published September 12th, 2023 - 12:11 GMT
Russia
Russian investigators stand next to an Ural Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane following its emergency landing in a field near the village of Kamenka, Novosibirsk region, on September 12, 2023. A Russian passenger Airbus A320 flying from the Black Sea resort of Sochi to the Siberian city of Omsk, with 167 people on board, made an emergency landing in an open Siberian field on September 12. Russia's aviation has been hard hit by Western sanctions over Moscow's Ukraine offensive. (Photo by Vladimir NIKOLAYEV / AFP)

ALBAWABA - According to AFP, A Russian passenger Airbus A320 flying from the Black Sea resort of Sochi to the Siberian city of Omsk made an emergency landing in a field on Tuesday, officials said. A total of 170 people including 23 children were on board, and no casualties were reported.

Russia's aviation agency Rosaviatsia said: "At 05:44 Moscow time (0244 GMT) an unscheduled landing of a Ural Airlines A320 plane flying along the Sochi-Omsk route, was successfully carried out,".

 

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