Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi

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Aeroflot plane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi

PUBLISHED: 11 Feb 2025 at 04: 52

A bus picks up passengers of the Aeroflot flight at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday night. (Photo: Airports of Thailand)
On Monday evening, a bus arrives at Suvarnabhumi Airport to pick up passengers for the Aeroflot journey. ( Photo: Airports of Thailand )

A Moscow-bound Boeing&nbsp, 777-300ER Aeroflot Airlines plane with 346 people onsite made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday evening following a landing gear issue.

The trip SU277, which is headed to Moscow from Phuket Airport at 3.20pm on Monday, circled above the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand for five days before making an emergency getting attempt at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

After flight, the plane’s head gear retracted, but its support failed, according to reports. The pilots finally circled the aircraft to shed off fuel before safely landing it safely at Suvarnabhumi Airport, passing over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.

Kittipong Kittikachorn, public director of Suvarnabhumi Airport, said the plane landed at 9.11pm and stopped at driving sea 115.

He quoted Aeroflot as saying that 331 passengers and 15 crew members would remain at a resort outside the airport while a alternative flight was in progress.