Ural Airlines Airbus A320 lands in a field in Russia

The aircraft was operating Ural Airlines domestic flight U61383 from Sochi International Airport (AER) to Omsk Tsentralny Airport (OMS).

After it overflew Omsk, Russia, the Ural Airlines Airbus A320, registered as RA-73805 (previous registration VP-BMW), climbed to an altitude of 18,000 ft (5,500 m). The flight crew began squawking 7700, the transponder code for an emergency, 17 minutes before landing in the field, according to flightradar24.com data.

Eventually, at 9:43 am local time (UTC +7), the aircraft stopped feeding data to the radar at an altitude of 7,225 ft (2,200 meters).

According to the Russian news agency TASS, the Airbus A320 experienced hydraulic problems and the flight crew feared that brakes would fail upon landing, which is why they decided to land the aircraft on a field.