MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane carrying Peruvian soccer fans from the World Cup city of Ekaterinburg to Tyumen in Siberia landed safely on Friday after an engine fault caused the cabin to fill with smoke, Russia's air transport regulator said on Saturday.
Safety concerns have plagued Russia's airline industry, which has witnessed multiple fatal crashes in recent years, and the engine of a plane carrying Saudi Arabia's soccer team caught fire earlier this week.
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