Russian plane with radioactive cargo and 104 passengers makes emergency landing in Moscow

A Russian UTair plane carrying 19 kg of radioactive cargo along with 104 passengers and 5 crewmembers made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport due to a landing gear malfunction, Russian telegram channel Baza reported on Dec. 11. The plane was on a night flight from Khanty-Mansiysk to Moscow. It landed safely at 2:30 a.m. Moscow time, Russian officials claimed. Breakdowns of Russian civilian aircraft have become more frequent after sanctions imposed over the full-scale invasion of Ukraine cut Russia off from aircraft maintenance and the supply of original spare parts. A Boeing 737 en route from Novosibirsk to Moscow made an emergency landing on Dec. 8 following an apparent engine fire, with Russian authorities reporting that all passengers emerged unharmed from the incident. On Dec. 7, a Tu-204 cargo plane caught fire in Russia during takeoff from Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. A passenger plane carrying 182 passengers and 6 crew members from Kazan to Moscow made an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after the stabilization control system failed. This was the sixth Russian plane to experience amid-air breakdown in a week.<br/>