A plane carrying more than 300 people has been forced to make an emergency landing after suffering an “engine failure”.
The Air China Boeing 777-39L(ER) had set off from London Heathrow but was forced to divert to Nizhnevartovsk in Siberia after experiencing technical difficulties.
It’s currently unknown whether there were any British citizens aboard the plane.
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Footage shows huge plane touching down in rarely-visited Siberian city
Clips have emerged of the huge jet touching down in the city, which is rarely visited by British aircraft.
The plane left heathrow at 10.43pm last night. The pilot experienced difficulties over Russian airspace before diverting the plane.
Air China jet diverts to Russia due to ‘engine failure’
A plane carrying more than 300 people has been forced to make an emergency landing after suffering an “engine failure”.
The Air China Boeing 777-39L(ER) had set off from London Heathrow but was forced to divert to Nizhnevartovsk in Siberia after experiencing technical difficulties.
It’s currently unknown whether there were any British citizens aboard the plane.