article_snippet: A Russian airline UTair .
article_snippet: Boeing 737 plane, carrying 78 passengers plus crew, . has requested an emergency landing at the Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg, the company and a Russian aviation source said on .
article_snippet: a Russian aviation source said one of The plane's engines had failed and . that The plane had been due to land at 12:25 pm (0925 GMT).
article_snippet: The emergency landing was carried out 'after the transmitter went off, signalling the right engine's failure', a source told RIA Novosti news agency.
article_snippet: Russia's Emergencies Ministry said Russia's Emergencies Ministry could not immediately .
article_snippet: Near miss: The flight path of the Russian Boeing 737 that carried out an emergency landing at St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport after the starboard engine reportedly cut out .
article_snippet: A Boeng 737 similar to the aircraft pictured, but belonging to the UTair airline rather than Hainan Airlines, has requested an emergency landing at Russia's Pulkovo airport inSt Petersburg .
highlights_snippet: The emergency landing occurred at St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport .
  
highlights_snippet: The plane's starboard engine had reportedly failed .
  
highlights_snippet: The flight had been due to land at 0925 GMT .
  
highlights_snippet: This follows the tragic crash of a Germanwings plane in the Alps . 