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On January 23, 2026, Azur Airlines flight ZF-2998 was going from Phuket, Thailand to Barnaul, Russia. Then the pilot received a signal of a technical fault in the air, after which an emergency landing of the flight was made at Lanzhou Airport in China. There are 238 passengers on this flight.
All passengers on board the plane are safe
Azure Airlines spokesperson said that the flight landed safely. Question 238 All passengers and crew members on board the plane are safe. Technical fault in the plane is being investigated. According to flight radar, a signal of a technical fault was detected at an altitude of 6.6 kilometers in the air. This flight left for Russia at around 1 pm. This aircraft kept flying in a holding pattern in the western part of Lanzhou Airport for about 45 minutes. According to experts, this is usually done to reduce the fuel of the plane or to arrange emergency services. Then the flight landed safely.
Runway cleared for emergency landing
The press service of Azur Airlines issued a statement saying that the flight has landed on Runway-19 of Lanzhou Airport for an unscheduled landing. We are keeping an eye on every situation and the situation is under control. The Lanzhou airport administration had already deployed emergency services. The runway was evacuated, fire brigade, medical teams and security agencies were deployed.
There was a fire in the flight cabin three months ago
Earlier in October 2025, an Air China flight going from Hangzhou to Seoul had to make an emergency landing in Shanghai. A lithium battery caught fire inside the flight cabin. The video of this incident went viral on X, in which passengers and crew were trying to extinguish the fire in an overhead compartment. When the fire was being extinguished, the passengers started shouting ‘hurry up’ in Korean.