| Russian Passenger Jet Starts to Fall Apart Mid-Air, Makes Emergency LandingFrequent Business Traveler

A Rossiya Airlines flight en route from Vladivostok to Blagoveshchensk was forced to make an emergency landing mid-flight after pieces of the aircraft began to fall off.

The Boeing 737-800 was operating as Rossiya Airlines Flight 579.

The crew declared an emergency and  landed in Khabarovsk, Russia in the morning, according to the Svodka25 Telegram channel and the Khabarovsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office channel.

“The Khabarovsk Transport Prosecutor’s Office monitored the emergency landing of an aircraft at Khabarovsk Airport,” it said in a statement on its Telegram channel. “According to preliminary data, today at 9:00 (local time) an aircraft carrying 90 passengers from Vladivostok to Blagoveshchensk made an emergency landing at Khabarovsk Airport due to a technical malfunction.” A subscriber told the Svodka25 Telegram channel that the plane “suffered a skin tear” during the flight.

A video shared on social media shows the cowl of the No. 1 engine is missing. The aircraft was met by fire trucks and an ambulance. No injuries were reported.  At press time, Rossiya Airlines had not yet responded to a request for comment.

No injuries were reported.

At press time, Rossiya Airlines had not yet responded to a request for comment.

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