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2009/03/02

Boeing 737 Emergency Landing in Volgograd


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Contact photographer Snorre - VAP
What: Orenburg Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration VP-BGQ en route from Volgograd (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt)
Where: emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport
When: Thursday, Feb 26th 2009
Who: with 142 passengers, 7 crew
Why: On takeoff, the plane hit a runway edge light with its inner left main gear tire which resulted in destruction of the inner tire and hydraulics. The flight spent two hours burning fuel and eventually landed at Volgograd.

Is this the same plane described here, as being
"Boeing-747 passenger liner en route from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates to Orenburg." ?

OR is it the flight described as flying from Volgograd (Russia) to Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) ?
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