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Two planes declare fuel emergencies near Nizhny Novgorod
Two Airbus A320s declared fuel emergencies about five minutes apart while flying near Nizhny Novgorod.
One plane, operated by S7 Airlines, was flying from Mineralnye Vody to Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.
The other, operated by Kyrgyzstan’s Avia Traffic Company, was flying from Bishkek to Moscow.
Both crews reported critically low fuel during their flights.
The S7 plane gave its alert shortly before starting its descent, and the second aircraft reported the same problem a few minutes later.
Both planes landed safely at Domodedovo in Moscow.
The account gives no further details about why the aircraft had low fuel or what steps may follow.
Two Airbus A320s declared fuel emergencies while flying near Nizhny Novgorod, according to NEWS.ru.
The aircraft reported the emergencies about five minutes apart because of critically low fuel.
The first was an S7 Airlines flight from Mineralnye Vody to Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport.
The second was an Avia Traffic Company flight from Bishkek to Moscow.
Both aircraft later landed safely at Domodedovo, the report said.
- Who
- The crews of Airbus A320s operated by S7 Airlines and Avia Traffic Company.
- What
- Both declared fuel emergencies while flying near Nizhny Novgorod and later landed safely.
- When
- October 13, 2026; the alerts were about five minutes apart.
- Where
- In the air near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; both aircraft later landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport.
- Why
- They had critically low fuel, according to NEWS.ru.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The S7 Airlines Airbus A320 declared a fuel emergency while flying from Mineralnye Vody to Domodedovo.
The Avia Traffic Company Airbus A320, flying from Bishkek to Moscow, declared the same emergency.
Both aircraft landed safely at Domodedovo, according to NEWS.ru.
- Aircraft
- Two Airbus A320s
- Time between alerts
- About five minutes
- First airline and route
- S7 Airlines, Mineralnye Vody to Domodedovo
- Second airline and route
- Avia Traffic Company, Bishkek to Moscow
- Landing airport
- Domodedovo, Moscow
Sources
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