Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine trouble

By Afp, Moscow
26 February 2021, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 26 February 2021, 23:58 PM
A Boeing 777 airliner yesterday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States.

A Boeing 777 airliner yesterday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States.

State-owned Rossiya airline said the crew had registered the "incorrect operation of the engine control sensor" on a cargo flight from Hong Kong to Madrid and "decided to make an emergency landing in Moscow."

Online flight trackers confirmed the flight was carried out with a Boeing 777.