Russian jet makes emergency landing
September 9th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, Sep 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A passenger plane was forced to return to an airport in northern Russia Friday after the aircraft lost cabin pressure.
The incident took place in the port city of Arkhangelsk. There were no injuries.
The captain of the Nordavia Boeing 737 jet turned back shortly after takeoff at 8 a.m. (0400 GMT). The plane was heading for the Turkish resort town of Antaliya.
The incident came two days after a plane crash near Yaroslavl city that killed 43 people, including members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional hockey team.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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