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Boeing passenger plane requests emergency landing in Russia - source


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Boeing 737 plane carrying 78 passengers plus crew has requested an emergency landing at the main airport in Russia's second city of St. Petersburg, a Russian aviation source said on Wednesday.

    The source said one engine on the plane had failed. No more details were immediately available.

    (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov, writing by Elizabeth Piper, editing by Timothy Heritage)