Russian investigators to conduct investigation into erroneous  activation of depressurization sensor on Gyumri-Moscow

ArmInfo.  A preliminary investigation has been launched into the emergency landing of a  Pobeda Airlines plane flying from Gyumri to Moscow. Law enforcement  officials are determining the causes and conditions of the erroneous  activation of the depressurization sensor. This was reported in a  press release by the Western Interregional Transport Investigative  Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

The department stated that, according to preliminary data, the plane,  en route from Gyumri to Moscow, made an emergency landing in  Makhachkala due to the erroneous activation of the depressurization  sensor.  It is also noted that no one was injured in the incident.

Meanwhile, a Pobeda spokesperson in Makhachkala told the media that  there were 186 people on the plane and they were planned to be  transferred to another aircraft and sent to their final destination.

As a reminder, the airline's plane, approximately an hour after  taking off from Gyumri (12:35 PM local time), issued a distress  signal over Dagestan and was diverted to land at Makhachkala Airport.