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| Date: | Wednesday 3 September 2025 |
| Time: | 07:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 757-2Q8 |
| Owner/operator: | Azur Air |
| Registration: | RA-73072 |
| MSN: | 29382/1010 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Lake Tagley, Buryatia -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII) |
| Cam Ranh International Airport (CXR/VVCR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Azur Air flight ZF 2577, en route from Irkutsk to Nha Trang, was forced to return to Irkutsk. The Boeing 757-200, which took off at 07:04, spent almost 3 hours in the air. According to the Baikal-Angara Transport Prosecutor's Office, the plane returned to Irkutsk due to a collision with a bird. It got into the windshield wiper compartment after takeoff.
Sources:
https://ircity.ru/text/transport/2025/09/03/76012475/
https://ircity.ru/text/transport/2025/09/03/76012495/
https://t.me/vstproc/5266
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 September 2021 | VQ-BEY | Azur Air | 0 | south of Ankara |  |
unk |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2025 07:22 | vasilf | Added |
| 03-Sep-2025 09:50 | vasilf | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Sep-2025 12:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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