Ural A320 near Samarkand on May 15th 2018, technical problem
Last Update: May 16, 2018 / 22:36:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ural Airlines
Flight number
U6-2861
Departure
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Destination
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BAG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement A320-200 registration VQ-BNI departed about 2 hours after landing and reached Samarkand with a delay of 7 hours.
Ural's Transport Investigation Department reported the aircraft performed a forced landing into Ekaterinburg, no damage to the aircraft and no injuries, but did not provide further details. The department is looking into the occurrence.
The airline reported the aircraft returned due to a technical malfunction, no emergency or priority was declared.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ural Airlines
Flight number
U6-2861
Departure
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Destination
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BAG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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