Rossiya Airlines jet flying to Almaty forced to make emergency landing at Sheremetyevo

A Rossiya Airlines jet heading from St. Petersburg to Almaty made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport over a suspected fuel leak, the airline said, TASS reported.

"Flight 6531 from St. Petersburg to Almaty landed at the Sheremetyevo airport for a technical reason: a suspected fuel leak," the company said in a statement.

The airline then decided to replace the aircraft before resuming the flight. The plane departed from Moscow to Almaty at 9:54 a.m. Moscow time, the airline said.

Maintenance workers are examining the aircraft that made the emergency landing.