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<\/p>\nA Russian plane carrying a mysterious "radioactive cargo" and 109 passengers had to make an emergency landing in Moscow.<\/p>\n
The Utair Boeing-737 experienced "unsynchronised flap retraction" shortly after taking off from Moscow's Vnukovo airport, local reports say. After reaching 4,000ft, an emergency was declared and the crew flew for 40 minutes before landing at "increased speed" at the same airport due to a technical issue with the wing, according to an air incident report.<\/p>\n
News outlets Baza and Shot reported that the plane, with a crew of five, was transporting 19kg of an unspecified radioactive substance to Khanty-Mansiysk in western Siberia. "The dangerous cargo on board was not damaged," Shot news reported.<\/p>\n
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There were no injuries reported among the passengers. The Russian Transport Prosecutor's Office stated: "The aircraft commander reported a problem with the wing mechanisation, and therefore a decision was made to return to the airport of departure. The landing was completed safely."<\/p>\n
The Russian authorities did not comment on the radioactive cargo, but Shot mentioned that it fell under the category of "dangerous goods". Its transport had been "permitted by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation". This incident is the latest in a long line of frightening plane emergencies \u2013<\/span> more than one a day this month \u2013 in Russia.<\/p>\n In a series of alarming incidents, several aircrafts faced emergencies today. A military An-12 plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Khurba airport in Komsomolsk-on-Amur with eight crew members on board, though the reason for the emergency remains unclear.<\/p>\n Vladimir Putin refuses to step down as he readies to stay President until at least 2030 Earlier, a Superjet SSJ-100 carrying 106 passengers had to return to its departure airport in Yakutsk \u2013 known as the world's coldest city \u2013 after its landing gear failed to retract. In another incident, an Airbus A319 with 111 people on board experienced sudden depressurisation, causing oxygen masks to be released before the plane made an emergency landing.<\/p>\n Passengers were terrified as children screamed and prayers were said when the crew lost height to cope with the emergency after taking off from thermal resort Mineralnye Vody. "We started to drop sharply," one passenger recalled, adding that "everyone's masks dropped down over their heads."<\/p>\n Just a day earlier, a Boeing 737 experienced "micro-explosions" leading to fires in both engines, resulting in an emergency landing. The S7 airline plane was flying from Novosibirsk – Russia's third largest city \u2013 to the capital city, Moscow, with 175 passengers on board.<\/p>\n Finally, a Tu-204 cargo aircraft suffered an engine "explosion" heard from the ground after takeoff from Ulan-Ude, also in Siberia. Footage showed the aircraft ablaze as it jettisoned fuel and made an emergency landing.<\/p>\n * This article was crafted with the help of an AI tool, which speeds up Daily Star's editorial research. An editor reviewed this content before it was published. You can report any errors to starletters@dailystar.co.uk <\/b><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31644995.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_President-Putin-Attends-Heroes-Of-Russia-Awards-Ceremony-At-The-Kremlin.jpg\")
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