Flight makes emergency landing in Italy after pilot forced to cut engine

A formation from Greece to Germany made an exigency landing successful Italy aft a "reaction adjacent the engine" of the aircraft, hose officials said. 

Condor Airlines formation DE3665 was flying from Corfu to Dusseldorf connected Saturday. The level departed Corfu's airdrome soon aft 8 p.m. section time, according to the tracking tract FlightAware. Passengers saw flames adjacent the plane's motor astir 8:30 p.m., local media reported. Videos shared connected societal media amusement agleam orangish flames adjacent the engine. 

Condor Airlines said it could not corroborate an motor fire, but said determination was a "reaction adjacent the motor that usually takes spot successful the engine's combustion enclosure starring to a disposable absorption astatine the rear of the engine." The formation unit received a responsibility connection indicating "a parameter denotation extracurricular the mean scope caused by a disturbance successful the aerial travel proviso to the engine," the hose said.

The motor was unopen down "in a controlled manner," the hose told CBS News, and the level made an exigency landing successful Brindisi, a coastal Italian city. Local media reported that aerial postulation was closed for astir fractional an hr arsenic firefighters waited connected the runway to respond to the plane. 

No injuries were reported. There were 273 passengers and 8 unit members aboard the aircraft. 

Some passengers spent an uncomfortable nighttime successful the Italian city. Condor Airlines said determination was "insufficient edifice capacity" successful Brindisi, truthful immoderate slept astatine the airport. The hose arranged vouchers and blankets for those passengers, and airdrome shops stayed unfastened "to supply supplies." Passengers who slept astatine hotels volition beryllium reimbursed for the expense, the hose said. 

On Sunday, Condor Airlines dispatched different craft to implicit the route. All passengers arrived successful Dusseldorf that day. 

"We apologize for immoderate inconvenience caused, but the information of our passengers and employees is ever our apical priority," Condor Airlines said. 

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