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Alitalia: emergency landing for flight Rome-Madrid

Rome, Italy - The airplane turns back for suspected engine trouble

This morning, shortly after the takeoff from Rome-Fiumicino around 10, an Alitalia flight bound for Madrid has changed its route and carried out an emergency landing in the departure airport. The pilot had noticed a warning light indicating a possible engine trouble, probably a fire origin, and followed the procedures of the case by coming back after about half an hour of flight. The landing was...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081497
Rome, Italy, 10/31/2007 17:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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