The plane with dozens of passengers on board aborted takeoff due to a malfunction in Novosibirsk

The plane of the airline S7 (“Siberia”), en route from Novosibirsk to Nizhnevartovsk, aborted takeoff for a technical reason. How informs the press service of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor’s Office, dozens of passengers were on board at that moment.

“Today, at about 07:00 local time at the international airport of Novosibirsk named after A.I. Pokryshkin, during the flight on the route “Novosibirsk – Nizhnevartovsk”, the aircraft of Siberia Airlines, by decision of the crew, stopped the takeoff run on the runway for a technical reason,” — said in the message.

At that moment, there were 79 passengers on board. The flight was suspended from flights, the transport prosecutor’s office is investigating this fact.