2 November 2015, 10:32 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – “Aeroflot specialists discovered a technical fault in one of the displays in the pilot’s cabin before takeoff. A decision was made to change the aircraft,” Aeroflot told RIA Novosti.
The company added that the passengers were held in the airport for just over an hour while the plane was being switched and were given cold drinks. The passengers have already arrived to their destination of St. Petersburg, Aeroflot said.
On Saturday, an Airbus A321, operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia, crashed in the Sinai Peninsula while flying from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. All 224 people on board have been confirmed dead in what has become the greatest civil aviation catastrophe in Russia’s history.
