A plane carrying Peru fans from Yekaterinburg to Tyumen in Russia landed safely on Friday after an engine fault caused the cabin to fill with smoke, Russia's air transport regulator said.
Safety concerns have plagued Russia's airline industry, which has witnessed multiple fatal crashes in recent years. The engine of a plane carrying Saudi Arabia's team caught fire earlier this week.
Russia's state aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, said on Saturday that a Utair plane carrying fans to Moscow via Tyumen had suffered engine failure.
"During the landing approach, there was a failure in the second turboprop engine," Rosaviatsiya said in a statement. "As a result of the abnormal engine activity, smoke from overheated oil got into the passenger cabin of the aircraft through the air-conditioning system."
#ÚltimoMomento Vuelo de peruanos que iba hacia Moscú tuvo incidente minutos antes de aterrizar. No se reportaron heridos ni daños a los ciudadanos peruanos. https://t.co/EJ8KYgOhgD
— RPP Noticias (@RPPNoticias) June 22, 2018
Rosaviatsiya said the smoke cleared from the cabin and that the pilot was able to safely land the plane on one engine.
A spokeswoman for Utair said media reports about a fire breaking out on the plane were incorrect.
"The crew acted as instructed and landed the aircraft as usual," she wrote in an e-mail to Reuters. "The plane taxied in independently [and] the passengers left via the stairs without using the emergency equipment."
Utair is working with aviation authorities to investigate whether a foreign object got into the engine, she said.
Peru lost 1-0 to France on Thursday at Yekaterinburg Arena, leading to their exit from their first appearance in the World Cup in 36 years.