Air France flight makes emergency landing at Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, November 25 (Itar-Tass) -- A Boeing 777 of Air France has made an emergency landing at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. No one is hurt.
The plane en route from Beijing to Paris had an engine failure, an airport source told Itar-Tass.
The 304 passengers are being accommodated at the airport to wait for a new plane from France.
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Re: Air France flight makes emergency landing at Petersburg
what caused this, a flame out? bird strike? volcanic ash?
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Not many birds at 35,000+ feet, nor am I aware of any volcanoes erupting in that area. Must have been run of the mill mechanical failure.
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Please do not quote me but I was told that they ran out of Columbian Coffee... :borat:
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Originally Posted by cancidas
what caused this, a flame out? bird strike? volcanic ash?
3 out of three this week on geographic and location related information.
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Would this be the first time a T7 has lost an engine?
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