Egypt flight makes emergency landing after fire scare

Mumbai: A Cairo-Mumbai Egypt Air flight landed under emergency conditions at the Mumbai airport on Monday.
"Full emergency was declared at 07:25 am for the Egypt Air Cairo-Mumbai flight MS 968 with 124 passengers and seven crew on board the aircraft due to suspected fire in the cargo hold of the Boeing 738 aircraft," the spokesperson said. Passengers were disembarked safely and all cargo was removed, the official said.
Later an inspection of the cargo was carried out and no fire was found, the official added.
29/12/10 NDTV.com

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