TOKYO, Feb. 26, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X
plane made an emergency landing Monday at Okinawa’s Naha airport following
engine trouble, the transport ministry here said.
According to the ministry, none of the 379 passengers and crew members
aboard the flight bound for Kuala Lumpur were injured in the emergency
landing.
The transport ministry’s local office said that the plane’s right engine
indicated problems at around 2:15 a.m. local time, forcing the captain to
shut the troubled engine down and declare an emergency landing.
The plane touched down at Naha airport at round 3 a.m. local time. The
plane had initially departed from Tokyo’s Haneda airport, the ministry said.