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In Sochi, a plane's steering failed right on the runway. This is the seventh incident involving Azimuth Airlines aircraft this week.

The emergency occurred on the morning of June 18, after the plane Sukhoi Superjet 100 The flight from Samarkand landed at Sochi airport. How сообщает According to the Telegram channel "Aviaincident," upon clearing the runway, the aircraft commander reported a steering failure and requested a tow truck to tow it to the apron. However, the tail section of the fuselage remained on the runway, forcing the plane from Yekaterinburg to re-approach.

It's noteworthy that this was the second aircraft malfunction in 24 hours. Because nine hours before the steering incident, on the eve of departure from Sochi to Samarkand, the aircraft crew reported about the inability to start the right engine. As a result, the Sukhoi Superjet departed for Samarkand an hour and a half late, and engine repairs were performed in the presence of passengers.

For Azimuth Airlines this is already the seventh aviation accident per week. Incidents involving its aircraft are recorded almost daily.

So, 17 June the commander of the plane flying from Tel Aviv to Mineralnye Vody, reported about problems with mechanization. 16 June the airline's plane was unable to fly out from Mineralnye Vody to Tyumen, returning to the parking lot due to technical reasons. 15 June due to problems with the left engine receiver, it was necessary abort takeoff of the plane heading from Mineralnye Vody to Turkey. 14 June due to computer reboot detained Flight departure from Mineralnye Vody to Perm. 12 June due to air conditioning problems in Penza an hour after takeoff back an airbus that was supposed to deliver passengers to Mineralnye Vody.

Photo: Vyacheslav Firsov, Flight Radar24