MOSCOW: A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777 cargo plane made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Friday, Feb 26 due to an issue with an engine control sensor, the airline stated.
The airplane was a 15-year-old 777-300ER, according to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, which suggests it has General Electric engines.
Those are different from the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines under scrutiny after an engine fire aboard a United Airlines 777 on Saturday which prompted the suspension of operations involving planes using those engines.
Russian airways operate Boeing 777-300ER planes equipped with General Electrical GE90-115B engines, federal aviation agency Rosaviatsiya stated on Wednesday, adding it was not considering suspending operation of those aircraft.
Rossiya Airlines Flight 4520, traveling from Hong Kong to Madrid, touched down in Moscow at 0444 local times (0144 GMT), data from Flightradar24 confirmed. Rossiya Airlines, a unit of Russian state carrier Aeroflot, stated the crew requested the landing at the airline’s base airport in Moscow.
“The landing came about normally,” Rossiya stated in a statement, adding that the flight would continue to Madrid after 0900 GMT on Friday.
