Azur Air Vietnam flight delayed, 335 passengers stranded

The departure of flight ZF 2671 from Krasnoyarsk to Vietnam«s Phu Quoc is delayed for several hours »for technical reasons,« according to the airport»s press service.

At the time of writing, 335 passengers of the flight are in the sterile zone of Krasnoyarsk Airport. This is a flight of Azur Air airline. Originally, the plane was scheduled to depart at 04:00, clarified the airport press service (initially, it was reported to be planned for 09:35).

«A representative of the airline is working on-site and providing all passengers with conditions stipulated by the Federal Aviation Rules. The exact departure time will be announced later,» they reported.

Currently, the airport«s online board indicates that the flight will depart for Vietnam at 13:30.

Updated at 19:26. The departure has been postponed again — now to 01:10 on Wednesday, February 4.

Updated at 22:02. Later, the flight was postponed again — to 10:00.

This is not the first incident with Azur Air planes since the beginning of the year. Earlier, the same aircraft of the company was forced to land twice due to engine problems: on January 23, flight Phuket — Barnaul made an emergency landing in China, on January 28, flight Nha Trang — Irkutsk in Hanoi.

This aircraft of the airline has been taken out of service. As a result, Azur Air from February 19 will reduce charters to Phuket from Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk.