RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN SURGUT, SIBERIA








SURGUT /Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District/, March 12, 2001 (FROM RIA NOVOSTI CORRESPONDENT OKSANA SHUBA)--On the way from Surgut to Moscow a TUPOLEV-154 passenger aircraft, run by the Tyumenaviatrans Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in the Surgut airport, Siberia.


	The reason was a technical malfunction. After failing to remove three landing gears during the take-off, the crew decided to make an emergency landing in Surgut. With 150 passengers and 10 member crew on-board, the plane spent over two hours in the air burning out the kerosene to successfully land in the airport.


	All the passengers headed for Moscow onboard another aircraft.