At the UTAIR aircraft, a flame escaped when taking off from the engine. The airline said this is a regular situation

The UTAIR plane, which performed a flight from Moscow to Makhachkala, interrupted the departure from Vnukovo, because when the engine was launched, he had a flame of flame from the power plant. This was reported by RBC with reference to the press service of UTAIR.

According to the airline, several flight passengers who noticed the emission of flame opened an emergency exit and went to the right wing of the aircraft. Earlier, Komsomolskaya Pravda and 360 television channel , citing sources, reported that the passengers demanded to stop the plane.

Utair reported that the release of the flame was provoked by a breakdown of the air flow. “The situation is full -time, the plane is completely serviceable, nothing threatened passengers,” the airline said, noting that passengers who went to the wing returned to the salon at the request of the crew.

Utair said that, according to the rules, she would fly a flight on another plane.

Updated . Baza and the public “My Derbent 24” public in VKontakte report that the three passengers of the UTAIR flight, who opened the emergency hatch on the plane, were taken to the police to give an explanation.