Panic reigned on Flight A319 bound for St Petersburg when it lost altitude and the oxygen masks suddenly dropped.

Videos circulating online show the 111 on board in a state of shock, to pray and scream for fear of falling.

The daily mail reports that in recent days, in Russia two more plane crashes occurred with reports of problems with plane maintenance due to Western sanctions imposed after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Yesterday, Friday, both engines of a Boeing 737 S7 bound for Moscow from Novosibirsk caught fire, with the pilots immediately calling for an emergency landing. They were able to land the plane safely with no casualties.

While on Thursday, another Tu-204 aircraft caught fire after takeoff from Ulan-Ude, Siberia.

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In the first eight months of this year, there were 120 plane crashes in Russia.

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