It became known why the plane with Tarasova and Sokolovskaya left the runway in Saransk.

The press service of Rossiya Airlines told why the plane carrying figure skating coaches landed in Saransk Tatyana Tarasova and Svetlana Sokolovskaya, went off the track.

Earlier, Tarasova told that she and the rest of the passengers had to spend 35 minutes on the plane after arriving in Saransk, because the plane left the runway and ended up in a snowdrift. There were 87 passengers on board, including the Honored Coach of the USSR Tatiana Tarasova, coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya and the world and European champion in pair skating Alexei Tikhonov. At this point, all passengers left the plane. The transport prosecutor’s office began to check the circumstances of the incident.

— When the Superjet 100 aircraft, operating flight No. 6165, landed in Saransk at 8:30 p.m. Moscow time, the plane derailed at the end of its course, 5 to 7 meters to the right. According to preliminary data received from the aircraft commander, this was due to a discrepancy between the actual runway condition and the declared parameters.

Passengers normally disembarked through the left gate using the airport’s self-propelled ramp. The plane was not damaged. The site is currently being cleared of snow to allow the subsequent towing of the aircraft to the apron,” the press service of Rossiya Airlines told .

From February 6 to 9, the Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships will take place in Saransk.