According to the
website, pilots of aircraft A321-200 with tail number VQ-BRS requested
emergency landing in Antalya due to detection of smoke.
MOSCOW, January 10.
/TASS/. A passenger aircraft belonging to Russia’s Nordwind Airlines traveling
from Moscow has performed a hard landing in Antalya on Friday, Turkish portal
Airporthaber informed.
According to the
website, pilots of aircraft A321-200 with tail number VQ-BRS requested
emergency landing in Antalya due to detection of smoke. During the landing, one
of the plane’s landing wheels hit the fuselage, deforming it. The portal
published a photograph of the damaged part of the plane.
Later, the Russian
Consulate General in Antalya informed TASS that there were no passengers on the
plane. "According to the information provided by the local office of
Nordwind in Antalya, we confirm that a plane belonging to this company has
performed a hard landing. It was flying without passengers, there have been no
injuries. Only the plane suffered technical damage," the source stated.
Source: ITAR-TASS
10-01-2020
