“The crew of the Airbus A320, operating a flight U6-699 on the route Krasnodar - Irkutsk, after taking off from Krasnodar Airport, reported a collision with a bird," TASS reports.

It is noted that in order to inspect the aircraft by the airline’s specialists and ensure a safe flight, the crew decided to make an emergency landing at the Koltsovo base airport.

Earlier it was reported that the plane that operated the flight from Vienna to Tokyo made an emergency landing at the Khabarovsk airport.