Tu-204-100 plane bound for Antalya makes forced landing in Samara
09:55, 11 May 2011
SAMARA. May 11. KAZINFORM A Tu-204-100 airplane on Tuesday was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Samara' s international airport Kurumoch, the airport's press service reported; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The planed owned by the Red Wings airlines took off from the Kurumoch airport at 06:44 a.m. Moscow time. Shortly after the takeoff, the plane's pilot decided to get back to the airport because of technical malfunctions. It landed safely at 09:00 a.m. Moscow time. No one was hurt.
The plane en route from Samara to Turkish Antalya had 208 passengers and nine crew members. Red Wings promised to send all the passengers to the destination by another plane.