Russian jet makes emergency landing
15:44, 9 September 2011
ARKHANGELSK. September 9. KAZINFORM A passenger plane was forced to return to the airport in Russia's northern port city of Arkhangelsk on Friday after losing cabin pressure; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The captain of the Nordavia Boeing 737 jet turned back shortly after takeoff at 08:00 Moscow time [04:00 GMT]. The plane was heading for the Turkish resort town of Antaliya.
There were no injuries.
The incident comes two days after a plane crash near the Russian city of Yaroslavl that killed 43 people, including virtually the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional hockey team; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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