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| Date: | Monday 8 September 2014 |
| Time: | 20-35 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-7Q8 |
| Owner/operator: | Transaero Airlines |
| Registration: | EI-EUX |
| MSN: | 29352/1491 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Riga International Airport (RIX/EVRA) -
 Latvia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Riga International Airport (RIX/EVRA) |
| Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Transaero flight UN252, a Boeing 737-700, took off from runway 18 at Riga Airport, Latvia about 17:35 UTC. It had climbed to an altitude of about 23400 feet when at 17:45 UTC the airplane turned back.
An emergency was declared and the airplane landed back safely on runway 18 at 18:02 UTC.
Reportedly nr.2 engine problems forced the crew to return.
Sources:
http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/samolet-rigamoskva-sovershil-avarijnuyu-posadku.d?id=44945470
https://www.flightradar24.com//data/airplanes/ei-eux/#4475d12
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://archive-server.liveatc.net/evra/EVRA2-Sep-08-2014-1730Z.mp3]
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2014 06:56 | Lange Alex | Added |
| 11-Sep-2014 07:01 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2014 08:02 | Lange Alex | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 11-Sep-2014 08:02 | Chieftain | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, ] |
| 11-Sep-2014 08:14 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
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