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EMERGENCY LANDING AT CRETE AIRPORT

CRETE, GREEK, A passenger jet, a Boeing 757, with 238 people has landed safely at the Iraklion airport, on Greece's southern island of Crete, after an explosion, briefly after take-off, has damaged and stopped one of its two engines. The aircraft owned by Transavia Airlines, bound for Amsterdam, has forced to fly on the sea to waste more fuel as possible before landing. No one was hurt in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 2405
Rome, Italy, 09/26/2000 15:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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