Boeing 777 with engine trouble forced to make emergency landing in Moscow

 

A Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Rossiya Airlines made an emergency landing in Moscow at 4:44 a.m. local time due to engine trouble.

The crew of the plane requested to make the emergency landing after one of the left engine control channels failed, according to Interfax.

No injuries were reported. The type of engine wasn’t immediately clear.

Friday’s emergency landing occurred less than a week after a similar aircraft flown by United Airlines suffered a dramatic blowout over Denver, Colorado shedding debris onto neighborhoods below.

The plane was a 15-year-old 777-300ER, according to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, which means it has General Electric engines.

Those are different from the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines involved in the United Airlines incident. That emergency landing prompted the suspension of operations involving planes using those engines.

As reported by Bloomberg, The Rossiya Air flight was operating as a cargo service from Hong Kong to Madrid.

“The landing took place normally,” Rossiya said in a statement, adding that the flight would continue to Madrid after 0900 GMT on Friday.