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| Date: | Friday 8 August 2025 |
| Time: | 09:36 |
| Type: |  Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400 |
| Owner/operator: | Taiga Air |
| Registration: | RA-67265 |
| MSN: | 986 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2019 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS/UHSS) |
| Sovetskaya Gavan-Maygatka Airport. (GVN/UHKM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter (RA-67265) of Taiga Airlines after departure from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on flight TGA-2651 to Sovetskaya Gavan was forced to return to the airport of departure. While gaining altitude, the pilots smelled fuel in the cabin and found traces of jet fuel on the floor near the ramp door. Having reported the fuel leak to dispatchers, the aircraft commander decided to terminate the flight mission and return to the departure airfield. During the post-flight inspection, traces of fuel leaks were found in the area of the piano hinge of the ramp door and on the left side of the rear fuselage. The aircraft was grounded.
Sources:
https://t.me/aviatorshina/6655
https://t.me/dvtproc/932
https://t.me/vm_sut/5573
https://sakh.online/news/18/2025-08-08/vse-passazhiry-ekstrenno-sevshego-samoleta-vyleteli-s-sahalina-v-sovetskuyu-gavan-484650
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-67265#3ba064b1
https://russianplanes.net/offreg/VS-RA-67265
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2025 08:41 | vasilf | Added |
| 08-Aug-2025 08:46 | vasilf | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Aug-2025 08:48 | vasilf | Updated [Operator, ] |
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