“On August 19 at 21:04, while landing at the Shyrak Gyumri airport, the plane of the Pobeda airline touched the back of the runway,” the statement said.

As noted, as a result, the tail of the liner was damaged. Onboard were 173 passengers, no one was injured.

The department was informed that the reserve flight will carry out a further flight. A commission has been established to clarify the circumstances of the incident.

A previously owned Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 damaged the fuselage during a hard landing in Ponta Delgada on the Azores.