Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ freighter which landed off-schedule in Ulyanovsk will shortly proceed with the flight enroute Toulouse — Sheremetyevo — Baikonur

AN-124-100 Ruslan all-cargo aircraft operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines performed off-schedule landing at Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airport in order to conduct maintenance check and replacement of engine spare parts. The aircraft will shortly proceed with the mission enroute Toulouse — Sheremetyevo — Baikonur.

According to Airline’s Maintenance Department, the off-schedule landing was caused by a performance deviation of one of its four engines. The pilot-in-command took a decision to shut off the engine for the avoidance of emergency.

Volga-Dnepr Airlines considers Flight Safety and Accident Prevention as the core priority of its flight operations. Following this concept the pilot-in-command took a decision to divert and land at the base airport in order to use the services of in-house maintenance shop, conduct maintenance check of the engine and trace the prime cause of engine performance deviation.

Such off-schedule landing will not lead to any breach in Airline’s contract obligations.

АN-124-100 aircraft is famous for its two engine-out capability as well as fivefold redundancy of aircraft manual control system, which contribute to flight safety under any adverse weather conditions and emergency situations specified in Aircraft Flight Manual.

In the photo: October 28, 2014. An-124-100 aircraft landed in Ulyanovslk-Vostochny Airport to conduct maintenance check