Chinese plane jettisons 30 tonnes of fuel to make emergency landing


  • World
  • Monday, 26 Mar 2018

A 60-year-old woman felt unwell and complained of breathing difficulties while on flight MU587 from Shanghai to New York on March 23, 2018. - Screengrab from YouTube

ANCHORAGE: To save a passenger's life, a China Eastern Airlines pilot decided to discharge 30 tonnes of jet fuel over Alaskan airspace last Friday (March 23) in order to make an emergency landing.

Chinese media reports said that a 60-year-old woman had felt unwell and complained of breathing difficulties on board flight MU587 from Shanghai to New York, which departed at about 7.30pm on Friday night.

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