The plane, on board which was the Speaker of the Senate of Italy, Renato Skifani, made an emergency landing at the capital's Vnukovo airport, reports Corriere della Sera.
Airbus A319 flying from Moscow to Rome around 16:30 Moscow time, but was forced to return due to technical reasons. A few minutes after take-off was found leaking fuel and the crew commander decided to land at Vnukovo.
Some time later, after landing Skifani appeared before reporters to talk about the incident. "Now you have news that you can not share with readers" - Italian politician joked.
The Speaker said that he is pleased with the actions of the pilots, who have behaved calmly and did everything that passengers are not too worried. The aircraft was towed into the hangar and the flight is canceled. Now Skifani awaiting the arrival of another aircraft on which he could return to Rome.
Press-service of Vnukovo airport refused to comment on the incident, reports RIA Novosti. Skifani returned to Italy after an official visit to Russia. In particular, he met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Russian counterpart Sergei Mironov.
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