Air China passengers resume flight after unexpected 13-hour stop in Siberia
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FILE PHOTO: Air China's logo is seen on a counter of Air China at a terminal of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, March 28, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) -All 250 passengers aboard an Air China flight from London to Beijing resumed their journey after an unscheduled landing in Siberia, Russia's state aviation watchdog said on Tuesday.
Earlier, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, reported that the crew of an Air China Boeing 777-300 opted to land at an alternate airfield in the Russian city of Nizhnevartovsk.
The preliminary reason for the diversion was said to be a malfunction in one of the aircraft's engines.
Passengers spent 13 hours in Nizhnevartovsk airport, where they were provided with food and soft drinks. A replacement aircraft departed the airport at 1622 GMT.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge and Maxim RodionovEditing by Andrew Osborn and Sharon Singleton)
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