Incident

S72004 - Incident: S7 A321 near Rostov on Jun 10th 2021

Created Friday, Jun 11th 2021 10:16Z, last updated Friday, Jun 11th 2021 10:16Z

Rostov-on-Don Airport
File photo: Rostov-on-Don Airport.

A S7 Sibir Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration VQ-BQJ performing flight S7-2004 from Simferopol (Ukraine) to Moscow Domodedovo (Russia), was climbing towards FL380 out of Simferopol near Rostov (Russia) when the crew reported their GPWS had issued an alert. The crew decided to continue to Moscow where the aircraft landed safely on schedule.

The status of Crimea and Simferopol is disputed. According to international law and United Nations the Crimea belong to the Ukraine although Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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