Russian Boeing 737 Lands Safely After Turning Back With Cabin Pressure Issue, Flight Data Shows

A Boeing 737 MAX-10 performs a flying display at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 20, 2023. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

MOSCOW—A Russian passenger plane operated by S7 Airlines landed safely on Friday after turning back to Novosibirsk airport in Siberia to check its cabin pressure systems, flight tracking data showed.

S7 had said in a statement earlier on Friday that the plane, which had been flying to the southern Russian resort city of Sochi, had been forced to return to its departure airport “to check the cabin pressure control system.”