Armenia B735 near Tbilisi on Sep 1st 2019, electrical failure

Last Update: September 1, 2019 / 22:33:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Armenia Aviakompania

Flight number
RM-928

Departure
Yerevan, Armenia

Destination
Moscow Vnukovo, Russia

Aircraft Registration
EK73736

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

An Armenia Aviakompania Boeing 737-500, registration EK73736 performing flight RM-928 from Yerevan (Armenia) to Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) with 118 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 40nm north of Tbilisi (Georgia) when the crew reported an electrical failure and decided to divert to Tbilisi. The aircraft landed safely in Tbilisi about 25 minutes later.

Armenia's Civil Aviation Authority reported an electrical malfunction on board prompted the aircraft to divert to Tbilisi. A replacement aircraft took the passengers to Vnukovo.

A replacement Boeing 737-500 registration EK73797 reached Moscow with a delay of about 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Armenia Aviakompania

Flight number
RM-928

Departure
Yerevan, Armenia

Destination
Moscow Vnukovo, Russia

Aircraft Registration
EK73736

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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