Aircraft makes emergency landing at IGIA, passengers safe

Emergency procedures were initiated at runway number '11' of the IGI airport here, after an aircraft ferrying 344 passengers made an emergency landing.

According to airport officials, flight 'RL-8772' operated between Vietnam to Russia landed safely at the airport around 6.00 p.m. with 344 passengers on-board.

Prior to the landing, airport authorities had declared an emergency by deploying fire tenders and ambulances at runway number '11'.

The flight 'RL-8772' was being operated between Phu Quoc (Vietnam) and Yekaterinburg (Russia).

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