Saudi Boeing makes emergency landing in Mumbai

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February 08, 2007 16:19 IST

A Saudi Air Boeing-747 with 368 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Terminal hin Mumbai on Thursday after one of its engines failed.

"The aircraft departed from Mumbai airport at 2:15 pm for Jeddah, after which the pilot reported that one of its four engines had failed," a spokesperson for Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI.

The plane then returned to Mumbai and made an emergency landing at the airport at around 3 pm, he said.

All passengers were reported to be safe and the aircraft was moved to a bay in the airport after they alighted, he said.

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