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| Date: | Wednesday 29 January 2025 |
| Time: | c. 14:30 UTC |
| Type: | Boeing 737-8FZ |
| Owner/operator: | Pobeda Airlines |
| Registration: | RA-73299 |
| MSN: | 41992/4908 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 181 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | over the Caspian Sea, near Makhachkala, Dagestan -
Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC/OMDW) |
| Destination airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Dubai-Moscow passenger Boeing sent a distress signal over the Caspian Sea. The distress signal was issued due to a fire sensor in the baggage compartment. The Boeing that issued the distress signal landed in Astrakhan (ASF/URWA). No passengers or crew were injured.
Sources:
https://t.me/interfaxonline/53173 https://t.me/interfaxonline/53174 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-73299#38eab364 https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737ng-41992.htm https://t.me/mmtproc/2945 Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 29-Jan-2025 16:16 |
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| 29-Jan-2025 16:26 |
vasilf |
Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 29-Jan-2025 16:28 |
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| 29-Jan-2025 16:47 |
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Updated [Total occupants, Source, ] |
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