An Air Serbia plane flying from Belgrade to Saint Petersburg was unable to land in Pulkovo twice due to the airport being closed, and then got stuck in Helsinki. About this He writes “Fontanka”.
The flight from Belgrade was supposed to land in St. Petersburg on the night of March 26. At this time, Pulkovo Airport was closed due to a drone attack on the Leningrad region. According to one of the passengers, the plane made four turns waiting for the airport to open, “but it did not wait and returned.” The passengers were accommodated in a hotel in Belgrade.
The plane took off at 23:55 from Belgrade the next day, 27 March, and the plane was again unable to land in Pulkovo, as the airport was closed again. As a result, he went to Helsinki to refuel, among other things.
Passengers said that three companies in Finland refused to service the flight to St. Petersburg. The airline still found an opportunity to refuel the plane, but when trying to take off from Helsinki, the plane braked sharply and “turned 180 degrees,” as one passenger said.
The crew informed the passengers that the plane had problems with the engine and landing gear.
“The Finnish airport brought special equipment, and the plane was towed from the runway to the parking lot. After that, we were evacuated by bus. We spent about another 30-40 minutes on the plane after the accident. There were no casualties.” He said Tas is one of the passengers.
According to him, they were placed in an empty terminal at Helsinki Airport. The passengers were given warm blankets, tea and snacks, “and were promised hot food, but it was not provided to them.”