The transcontinental airliner requested an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo.
Moscow airport received a plane flying from India to Great Britain.
On Wednesday, September 4, the Boeing 787-800 aircraft took off from an airport in India. The final destination was declared to be Britain.
The route ran through the territory of the Russian Federation. During the flight, a serious technical malfunction was discovered.
It forced the pilots to look for an airfield to land.
“The plane’s autothrottle failed,” TASS quotes a source in the capital region’s emergency services as saying.
Sheremetyevo gave permission to land. The pilots landed the plane safely at the Russian airport.
After landing, the aircraft was inspected. Technicians are fixing the problem and preparing the plane to continue its journey.
The Boeing 787-800 can accommodate up to 250 passengers. However, there is no exact data on how many people were on board.
