Air China flight makes emergency landing in Russia due to engine malfunction - Rosaviation

- Illustrative photo: Air China

MOSCOW: (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) The pilot of an Air China flight from Beijing to London with 265 people on board decided to land at an alternate airfield in Russia's Nizhnevartovsk, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday (Aug 26).

Preliminary investigation by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviation, said this was due to a malfunction of one of the engines.