The Dubai-Moscow airplane has sent a distress signal

A UTair airline plane, operating a flight from Dubai to Moscow, issued a distress signal and has been circling over the area for an hour to burn off fuel. Thousands of Flightradar service users are tracking its flight.

Boeing 767-224 (flight UT 716) departed from Al Maktoum Airport and was supposed to land at Vnukovo at 21:15 Moscow time (22:15 Baku time). However, some time after takeoff, the crew transmitted emergency code "7700". According to preliminary data, for a safe landing, the airliner needs to burn off fuel, for which it is circulating in the airspace.