Air France airplane makes emergency landing in Athens

Athens. An Air France plane with 169 passengers aboard has made an emergency landing at the international airport in Athens, ITAR-TASS reported. Minutes before landing at Athens airport the pilot of Airbus-320, which was traveling between Paris and Athens, found out that his board was showing a failure in the plane’s hydraulic system and asked for an emergency landing permission. The plane landed normally. No passengers have been injured.

source: www.focus-fen.net

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