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Incidents with fires of lithium-ion batteries in passenger gadgets on board aircraft periodically occur, which leads to stricter rules for their transportation and the use of fire-fighting equipment by the crew.
The plane of the German airline Lufthansa made an emergency landing due to a power bank that caught fire. This was reported by the RTL television channel with reference to an official representative of the air carrier.
The airliner was traveling from Frankfurt am Main to Lisbon, but due to an external battery fire in the area of one of the passenger seats, an emergency landing occurred. The crew members responded quickly and placed the device in a special fireproof bag. There were 198 passengers and 6 crew members on board.
“For safety reasons, the pilots decided to make an emergency landing in Lyon and issued a distress signal in order to receive priority landing rights,” airline representatives said. At the same time, passengers were accommodated in hotels for the night, with alternative routes organized for the next day.

At Saratov airport (Gagarin), restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft, previously introduced to ensure flight safety, have been lifted, reports the Federal Air Transport Agency.

At Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk on September 25, a blue tractor drove onto the runway without approval, which is why three passenger planes from Surgut, Ust-Kamenogorsk and Sochi were unable to land and went around. The tractor was performing grass sowing work, and the subcontractor did not warn the flight manager. An internal audit has been initiated.

The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, announced plans to reconstruct the berth infrastructure and ship passages for river-sea class vessels, develop a flexible tariff policy in multimodal transportation and extend the navigation period in the Volga and Kama basins. Also mentioned are plans to open a new terminal at Kazan airport and repair the runway in Begishevo.

Ferry service between the ports of Kholmsk (Sakhalin) and Vanino (Khabarovsk Territory) will be suspended from the second half of the day on September 27 due to a storm in the Tatar Strait caused by the approaching cyclone. The crossing provides more than 75% of freight and about 25% of passenger traffic between the island and the mainland.

Governor of the Yaroslavl region Mikhail Evraev said that the repair of the 40.6-kilometer section of the Yaroslavl - Lyubim road will be completed in 2027, after which the entire 100-kilometer route will become modern and safe. The work is being carried out within the framework of the national project “Infrastructure for Life”. This year it is planned to repair more than 130 kilometers of roads in the region.

The driver of the Moscow-Tolyatti passenger train was injured due to external interference in the operation of transport on the Kuibyshev Railway. No passengers were injured, and train service was restored with delays.