Plane from Sochi lands at Moscow after engine fails

A passenger flight coming from Sochi has safely landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after one of its engines failed in midair, a spokesman for the emergency services said.

The plane landed safely at 3:25 p.m. Moscow time on July 25. The cause of the engine failure is being probed into.

According to earlier reports, the left engine of a Boeing 737 jet failed when it was flying from Sochi to Moscow.