Incident Boeing 737-8LJ (WL) VQ-BTJ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211215
 
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Date:Saturday 19 May 2018
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B738 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 737-8LJ (WL)
Owner/operator:Pobeda
Registration: VQ-BTJ
MSN: 39950/5133
Year of manufacture:2014
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 170
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:SE Voronezh -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Moscow-Vnukovo International Airport (VKO/UUWW)
Destination airport:Astrakhan Airport (ASF/URWA)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Pobeda flight DP163, a Boeing 737-800, returned to the departure airfield at Vnukovo after the failure of one of the engines.
The flight took off at 04:15 UTC. At 05:00 UTC the aircraft began a descent from 31,000 feet to 24,000 feet and initiated a turn back to Moscow. A safe landing was made at 06:21 UTC

Sources:

http://www.interfax.ru/moscow/613402
https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2018/05/19/n_11553391.shtml
https://meduza.io/news/2018/05/19/vo-vnukovo-sovershil-ekstrennuyu-posadku-samolet-pobedy-s-otkazavshim-dvigatelem
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vq-btj#116d368f

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 August 2019 VQ-BTJ Pobeda 0 Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN/UDSG), Gyumri min
Tailstrike

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-May-2018 11:10 Hans Gruber Added
19-May-2018 11:39 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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