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UTair Flight Makes Emergency Landing due to Landing Gear Problem

UTair flight UT-580 made an emergency landing in Krasnodar, Russia, on October 1st.

The Boeing 737-800 plane heading from Sochi to Moscow, Russia, was diverted due to an issue with the landing gear.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and seventy-six people aboard remained unharmed.

The airline said a bird strike during departure caused the landing gear problem.

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UTAir Flight Overruns Runway in Sochi, Russia; 18 Injured

UTAir flight UT-579 overran the end of the runway on landing in Sochi, Russia, on September 1st.

The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was coming from Moscow, Russia.

The plane came to stop in a river bed off the runway and its left engine caught fire.

There were one hundred and seventy people aboard at the time; eighteen of them were injured.

An airport worker died after having a heart attack at the scene of the incident.

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Ural Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Russia

Ural Airlines flight U6-1126 made an emergency landing in Sochi, Russia, on July 2nd.

The Airbus A321-200 plane heading from Bodrum, Turkey, to Kazan, Russia, was diverted after the crew failed to retract the landing gear.

The plane landed safely. All one hundred and ninety-nine passengers and seven crew members remained unharmed.

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Russian Military Plane Crashed Into Black Sea, Killing 92 Aboard

A Russian military plane crashed into the black sea near Sochi, Russia, on the morning of December 25th.

The Tupolev Tu-154 plane had just taken off from the Adler airport, Sochi, when it suddenly disappeared from radar. The plane was en-route to the Hmeymim airbase in Latakia, Syria, for a New Year’s Eve concert.

All 92 passengers were killed in the crash.

The accident is being investigated.