The airliner Boeing 737-800, owned by Pobeda airline, returned to Vnukovo due to the failure of the right engine, a source in the emergency services told Interfax.

"The Boeing 737 aircraft returned to the departure airfield at Vnukovo and landed on one working engine", - reported the source.

Based on the received data, there were about 170 passengers aboard the aircraft. The aircraft was sent on the route Moscow - Astrakhan. However, in the Voronezh region, the right engine missed the liner in flight.

According to the Flightradar24 service, this accident happened with an airplane with a VQ-BTJ number, the age of which is 3 years.