Rossiya A148 at St. Petersburg on Apr 7th 2014, autopilot failure

A Rossiya Antonov AN-148, registration RA-61703 performing flight FV-6765 from Saint Petersburg to Kazan (Russia) with 69 people, was climbing through FL200 out of St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport when the crew stopped the climb and returned to St. Petersburg for a safe landing about 45 minutes after departure.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration EI-EYL reached Kazan with a delay of 2.5 hours.