Ural Airlines Dubai flight makes emergency landing in Sochi

The transport prosecutor's office is investigating after a Ural Airlines flight from Moscow to Dubai made an emergency landing in Sochi.
Mar 8, 2026
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Authorities have not disclosed the specific technical issue that led to the emergency landing in Sochi.
Source:
Vladislav Lonshakov / E1.RU

A Ural Airlines aircraft, operating flight U6-797 from Moscow to Dubai, made a forced landing in Sochi due to technical reasons. The transport prosecutor«s office is checking the circumstances of the landing.

«A technical inspection has been organized for the aircraft, and passengers are temporarily accommodated in the airport terminal,» the transport prosecutor«s office said. «The observance of the rights of passengers awaiting the continuation of the flight is under the control of the supervisory authority.»

As reported by E1.RU from the airline, the aircraft has already departed for Dubai. The exact cause of the landing is not specified.

Earlier, an aircraft made an emergency landing in Koltsovo, which was flying from Novokuznetsk to Saint Petersburg. The aircraft departed from its destination with a delay of 4.5 hours.

Earlier, other passengers complained about a delay of a flight from Yekaterinburg to Phuket. On the first day of the new year, tourists could not fly on time for their vacation. They spent several hours in the waiting hall before their liner departed on the flight.

Recently, we also reported that an aircraft flying from Dubai to Yekaterinburg made an emergency landing in Turkmenistan.

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