Kolkata-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight makes emergency landing

KOLKATA: A Kolkata-Frankfurt Lufthansa flight with 155 passengers on board, on Tuesday morning made an emergency landing at N S C Bose International Airport here following a technical snag in the engine of the aircraft.

The flight, LH 751 had taken off from the airport at 1:15 AM, but soon passengers reported smoke filling the cabin, after which the pilot decided to land, airport sources said.

The plane landed safely at 3:15 AM, they said. The sources said that the aircraft had developed a 'critical engine error'.