Dubai-Moscow flight makes emergency landing in Southern Russia
Posted By Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 29, 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A passenger flight operated by the Russian airline Pobeda, en route from Dubai to Moscow, safely landed in Astrakhan, a city in southern Russia, after issuing a distress signal over the Caspian Sea, Interfax news agency reported citing Russian emergency services.
The Boeing 737 issued the emergency signal due to a fire detector warning in the luggage compartment, Interfax said.
All passengers and crew members were unharmed, it added.
(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)