Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing in Istanbul
A Qatar Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport today after one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff, the broadcaster CNN Turk reported. The Airbus 330 had been heading to Doha. There were no immediate reports of any casualties. Source: News Agencies, The Guardian
Israir flight heading from Sochi makes emergency landing
An Israir flight heading from Russia’s Sochi with 118 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at an airport southeast of Tel Aviv today due to an engine malfunction, a local TV channel has reported. “The plane of Israir company en route from Sochi landed at the Ben Gurion Airport on August 16,” the Channel 9 has reported. “This was an emergency landing as shortly before it the crew informed the flight...