Diversion for Singapore Airlines plane due to engine surge

New Delhi: A Singapore Airlines aircraft made an unsheduled stopover and emergency landing in New Delhi International Airport because an engine surge while the plane was cruising.
The plane, a Boeing 777-300ER, flight number SQ345, which was supposed to link Zürich International Airport (Switzerland) and Singapore Changi International Airport (Singapore) with 247 passengers on board, was airborne for several hours when the pilots were averted by a cockpit alarm that one of their two engines experienced an engine surge and must be shut down. The captain followed the emergency procedure and request a diversion to the nearest airport, the New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The plane landed safely in Singapore around 3:10am, local time, and there was no injuries. After waiting in transit for nearly 12 hours, the 247 passengers boarded an alternative flight, and landed in Singapore at 8:40pm.
16/02/08 Crash-Aérien, France

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