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China Eastern flight with 203 aboard diverted to Russian airport with engine failure

A CHINA Eastern Airlines' flight from London to Pudong was diverted to a Russian airport today due to an engine failure.

Flight MU552 which took off from London Heathrow at 9:02pm local time but was diverted to Yemelyanovo International Airport about 11am local time.

A spokeswoman at the Russian airport said the Airbus 330 landed smoothly and safely, with 186 passengers and 17 crew aboard.

The Shanghai-based carrier sent another plane to transport the passengers, the airline said in a statement.

It apologized for the inconvenience.

An airline official said the captain noticed the right engine was unstable in and requested the diversion.

The incident is still under investigation, the airline said.




 

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