25dec2020: Aviastar DHL Tupolev Tu-204 autopilot failure on Leipzig-Moscow flight

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Incident: Aviastar T204 at Moscow on Dec 25th 2020, autopilot failure forces diversion

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Dec 25th 2020 10:09Z, last updated Friday, Dec 25th 2020 10:09Z

An Aviastar Tupolev TU-204 on behalf of DHL,
registration RA-64024 performing freight flight 4B-952 from Leipzig (Germany) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 3 crew,
was descending towards Moscow in low visibility and snowfall conditions
when the autopilot failed prompting the crew to enter a hold at 3000 feet
while troubleshooting the problem and waiting for better weather.

After holding for about 45 minutes the crew decided to divert to Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
about 215nm east of Sheremetyevo,
climbed to FL250 enroute and landed safely in Nizhny Novgorod about 100 minutes after stopping the descent into Moscow.

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