9 passengers had been injured after an engine fireplace despatched smoke into the cabin of an Air China jetliner touchdown in Singapore, prompting an evacuation of the plane.
“The Airbus A320 with 146 passengers and 9 crew made an emergency touchdown about 4.15pm Sunday,” Changi Airport mentioned in an announcement on its Fb web page. The flight was coming from the town of Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province.
“9 individuals had minor accidents associated to smoke inhalation and abrasions throughout the evacuation,” the assertion mentioned. The pilot declared an emergency after reporting smoke within the ahead cargo maintain and a rest room.
“Smoke blurred the lights within the cabin and flight attendants advised individuals to stay calm and keep of their seats after some stood up,” a passenger advised Chinese language media. “The fireplace within the left engine was extinguished after the aircraft landed,” Chinese language media mentioned.
“A preliminary investigation indicated a mechanical failure within the engine was the trigger,” Air China mentioned in assertion posted on social media early Monday. The investigation was persevering with.
China has dramatically improved air security following a sequence of lethal crashes within the Nineties and early 2000s because the airline business boomed. A uncommon exception was a China Jap Airways jetliner that plunged right into a mountainside in March 2022, killing all 132 individuals aboard.
