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Italian plane makes emergency landing at Sofia airport

Xinhua, January 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

An Italian military transport C-27J Spartan aircraft made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport on Monday after a failure of one of its two engines, the airport said.

Only a few people were on board, and everything has been completed successfully, according to the press office of the airport. Endit