The incident occurred on Saturday morning, and the flight was to land in France at 10:40. Fortunately, all passengers and crews passed without injuries.
The plane experienced a technical problem while located above the area of Turin, when the pilot spotted a fire on one of the engines. Emergency procedures were activated, and the plane received permission to land on the Sandro Pertini airport runway at 10:28. According to Sagat, Sagat, which runs the Sandro Pertini airport, the landing has elapsed without difficulty, and the airport was not completely closed, but a priority given in the emergency. The regular activities of the airport were interrupted just less than an hour.
Due to the incident, several other flights were affected. Ryanair’s flight FR6181 from Bari, who was to land in Turin at 9:35, had to reappointed and was redirected to Malpens Airport. Similarly, flight ITA Airways AZ1421 from Rome Fiumicin at 10:10 is redirected to Milan Linate.
After secure landing, the passengers of the Volotein flight towards Lyon are unloaded from the plane and transferred to the buses provided by the company to continue the trip to the final destination. In the official statement, issued in the early afternoon, Volotea confirmed that the flight from Dubrovnik had to land in Turin due to the technical problem.
“The landing has elapsed without any difficulties, and all passengers and crews surely left the plane,” says in a statement.
The company added that the passengers are currently taking care of the help of the airport staff and the volute and will be redirected to Lyon. The airport was temporarily closed only to allow the safe landing of the plane, they added.
(Vijesti.ba)
