Boeing passengers, emergency in Orenburg, flew to Egypt on the same plane

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the Orenair, which performed the Ufa-Hurgada flight and made an emergency landing at the Orenburg airport on Tuesday in the morning, flew to Egypt after a 6-hour delay.

"Passengers were landed on a plane after 6 hours of waiting in the airport storage drive located in the international terminal of the airport terminal, and at 13:00 Moscow time the liner headed for the destination in Egypt," Interfax said First Deputy Director General of Orenair Sergey Lazarev.

According to him, the flight continued on the same plane, the technical problem of which was quickly eliminated in Orenburg. The representative of the airline also noted that not a single passenger refused to continue the flight, several of them who had a headache or pressure jumped up, medical care was executed at the airport.

The material costs of the airline from the additional service of passengers at the airport and the aircraft that made the forced landing are calculated.

As reported, the Boeing 737-800 Orenair, which performed the Ufa-Kurgada flight, made an emergency landing at the Orenburg airport on May 4. On board the aircraft were 196 people - 7 crew members and 189 passengers, including 37 children. The landing was committed by decision of the aircraft commander due to a malfunction discovered in the air discovered in the air. No one was injured.