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| Date: | Saturday 19 May 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8LJ (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Pobeda Airlines |
| Registration: | VQ-BTJ |
| MSN: | 39950/5133 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 170 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | SE Voronezh -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moscow-Vnukovo International Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
| Astrakhan Airport (ASF/URWA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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 Airlines | 0 | Gyumri-Leninakan Airport (LWN/UDSG), Gyumri |  |
min |
| Tailstrike | ||||||
| 31 December 2024 | RA-73301 | Pobeda Airlines | 0 | near Vladikavkaz Beslan Airport (OGZ/URMO) | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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