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Kolkata-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight makes emergency landing
A Kolkata-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight with 155 passengers on board, today morning made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata following a technical snag in the engine of the aircraft.
Updated on: Oct 20, 2010, 07:43:11 IST
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A Kolkata-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight with 155 passengers on board, on Tuesday morning made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata following a technical snag in the engine of the aircraft.
The flight, LH 751 had taken off from the airport at 1:15 AM, but soon passengers reported smoke filling the cabin, after which the pilot decided to land, airport sources said.
The plane landed safely at 3:15 AM, they said.
The sources said that the aircraft had developed a 'critical engine error'.
