Russian airline Utair made an emergency landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
Russian airline Utair made an emergency landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
The Boeing 737 plane with 173 passengers on board was flying from St Petersburg to Samarkand in Uzbekistan but landed safely at Vnukovo, RIA reported.
TASS news agency reported that Utair said the emergency landing was due to a stabiliser malfunction.
Utair and Vnukovo airport did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
RIA cited the airline as saying all passengers and crew were unharmed.
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