During the flight, the plane experienced a “change in hydraulic fluid level,” which forced it to circle over Baku and return to Moscow.
In Russia, planes constantly break down during flight. So, a UTair airline plane, flying from Moscow to Dubai, immediately landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, reported the propaganda agency RIA Novosti.
This is the second incident involving a UTair aircraft in a week and the fourth downing of Russian airliners since the beginning of 2025.
According to UTair, the reason for the plane’s emergency return was “a change in hydraulic fluid level.” According to the Flightradar24 service, the plane circled in the Baku area and returned to Moscow. There were 240 passengers on board.
Before this, on January 7, a UTair Boeing 737 airliner flying from St. Petersburg to Samarkand was forced to land at Vnukovo airport due to a malfunction. And on January 4, two Russian aircraft encountered technical problems during flights: the Airbus A321neo of Ural Airlines, flying from Sharm el-Sheikh to Yekaterinburg, returned to the airport of departure; A Boeing 737 of NordStar Airlines, flying on the Volgograd-Ekaterinburg route, was forced to abort the flight.
In the past, the Main Intelligence Directorate obtained secret documents indicating the collapse of Russian aviation due to sanctions. Judging by the data from the documents, in 2023, the number of accidents and cases of technical errors increased significantly in Rosavitsa. Russia is experiencing serious difficulties in servicing aircraft with long flight times and a severe shortage of spare parts, so more than 35% of aircraft are used for donation. The most problematic areas of Russian aviation remain engines and landing gear.
However, data subsequently emerged indicating that at least 28 aircraft, including small aircraft and large passenger airliners, had been imported into Russia in evasion of sanctions since the beginning of 2024.
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