Urals Airlines aircraft makes emergency landing after engine failure

Airline Industry Information, Dec 8, 2004

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An engine failure was the cause of an emergency landing of a Russian Tu-154 aircraft in Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.

The aircraft, which was operated by Urals Airlines, was on its way to St. Petersburg. There was no information about the number of passengers aboard, but no injuries were reported, according to The Associated Press.

It was the sixth time in 2004 that an aircraft operated by Urals Airlines had to make an emergency landing, according to the Russian news agency ITAR-Tass.

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