The UTair plane headed from Moscow to Dubai returned to Vnukovo

A plane of Russian airline UTair heading from Moscow to Dubai returned to Vnukovo airport, a source told Izvestia on December 11.

The aircraft commander decided to return to the departure airfield in the capital due to engine problems. The landing occurred with the engine turned off, the source specified.

As reported in the press service of Utair on the flight Moscow - Dubai after takeoff triggered a fault indication of one of the engines.

"For safety reasons, the crew decided to return to the airport of departure and additional inspection of the aircraft. The landing went normally, the crew and passengers were OK. According to the rules, the airline replaced the board with a reserve, departure is scheduled at 21:00 Moscow time," - specified there.

At the same time, the press service added that during the waiting time passengers are provided with a hotel and meals.

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Earlier, on October 30, it was reported that the plane flying from Moscow to Turkish Antalya returned to Sheremetyevo airport due to a malfunction. As noted by the source of the publication, the plane belonged to the company Aeroflot.

Prior to that, on September 14, a passenger plane of Rossiya airline traveling from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod was forced to return to Sheremetyevo airport. Preliminarily, the crew reported a problem with the cabin supercharger.