S7 Boeing 737 Slides into Siberian Mud Amid Sanctions-Plagued Aviation Safety Crisis

An S7 Airlines Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of the runway at Mirny Airport in Russia's Sakha Republic on June 30, coming to rest in mud beyond the paved surface.

All 173 passengers and six crew members walked away without injury.

The incident - classified as 'serious' by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya - lands in the middle of a much larger story about Russian aviation safety under sanctions.

S7 Airlines has temporarily banned most first officers from performing landings at the majority of its destinations, citing a surge in hard landings that trigger mandatory structural inspections and maintenance cycles.