A SCAT Airlines flight en route from Moscow to Almaty made an emergency landing at Astana airport. The carrier's press service confirmed the incident, infohub.kz reports.
The incident was described by a Kazakh woman in a post on her Threads page. According to her, the SCAT flight from Moscow to Almaty made an emergency landing at Astana airport.
"Today, a SCAT flight from Moscow to Almaty made an emergency landing at Astana airport. I understand this is an emergency situation, even though we were all scared to death, but why didn't you even offer passengers water? Until we caused a scene, you kept the frightened, confused passengers standing without water or food and, most importantly, without any information," the passenger wrote.
A NUR.KZ correspondent sent a request to SCAT's press service. The airline confirmed the emergency landing.
"During the Moscow-Almaty flight, an onboard system indicator activated. The crew decided to land at the base airport in Astana. The landing was uneventful. To transport passengers to Almaty, the airline provided a reserve aircraft. While waiting for its arrival, passengers were offered soft drinks," the response to the request said.