A Utair plane made an emergency landing in Vnukovo, possibly with dangerous cargo

The plane of the Russian airline Utair, flying from Khanty-Mansiysk to Moscow on the night of December 11, made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. According to Baza and Shot telegram channels, there was dangerous cargo on board the passenger plane. Presumably, 19 kilograms of radioactive material, which is authorized for transportation by the Ministry of Transport of Russia.

There is no official confirmation of this information.

There were also 104 passengers and 5 crew members in the plane, Telegram channels report.

When landing about an hour after Moscow time, the crew gave an emergency alarm signal due to a malfunction of the landing gear. Half an hour later, the plane landed in Vnukovo. There was no information about the injuries of the passengers. According to Shot, the dangerous cargo was not injured.

Over the last few weeks, there have been more than 10 incidents involving planes of Russian airlines directly in flight or during landing. On December 8, a Boeing 737 of the S7 airline made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk immediately after takeoff due to an engine failure. On the same day, a Rossiya airline plane flying to St. Petersburg made an emergency landing at the Mineralnyh Vody airport due to depressurization on board. The day before, the Tu-204 cargo plane’s engine caught fire when it took off from the Ulan-Ude airport. The plane landed safely. On December 5, the An-12 plane made an emergency landing in Komsomolsk-on-Amur due to steering failure. On December 2, the Aeroflot Airbus A321 made an emergency landing at the Sheremetyevo airport due to engine failure.