“Due to adverse weather conditions in Ufa, flight N4-279 Moscow - Ufa arrived at the reserve Koltsovo airport. The flight arrived in Ekaterinburg twice - at 06:47 and at 12:01. That is, he was supposed to land in Ufa, he could not, he landed in Koltsovo. Then people were put back on their feet, as the situation improved (in Ufa), they flew again. But again they could not land and returned, ”RIA Novosti reports the words of a representative of Koltsovo Airport.
It is noted that on board were 143 passengers.
According to the airport, all passengers are in the hotel. A new flight to Ufa is scheduled at 22:00 local time.
In December, the liner struck by the tail in Ufa was damaged in plating. Former Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation of the Soviet Union, Honored Pilot of the USSR Oleg Smirnov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the incident with the plane.