OREANDA-NEWS  The aircraft of the Belarusian airline Belavia had an engine failure in the sky over Russia. This is reported by the Aviaincident Telegram channel.

An unforeseen situation occurred with a liner flying from Minsk to Kutaisi on Monday, July 29. The aircraft commander reported an engine failure, announced an emergency signal and decided to land at an unplanned airfield.

As a result, the plane of the foreign carrier landed safely at Astrakhan airport. None of the passengers and crew members were injured.

Earlier, pilots of the airline Smartavia tried to dazzle with a laser in the sky. The incident occurred on the night of July 30 on a Boeing 737 flight from Syktyvkar to St. Petersburg.