Irkutsk airport

Police hold 28 year old woman after 400 people were evacuated and one flight was delayed.

Angara Airlines, based in Irkutsk, has launched new flights from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk and diamond-mining Mirny in the Sakha Republic.

Overheating phone caused 'scare in the cabin', say reports.

The London-Beijing flight with 270 passengers and 16 crew landed in Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, at 10.41 local time on Wednesday.

Passengers on way to London after an unscheduled stopover in Paris of Siberia.

Flights from east of Russian resumed for the first time since last year's earthquake and tsunami which led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

All on board safe after An-148 jet returns to Talakan Airport soon after takeoff.

A new direct international flight have started on April 1 between Irkutsk and the key Chinese trading city of Guangzhou.

Irkutsk Airport seen as potential destination by major airlines at Routes Asia - 2014 forum in Malaysia.