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Air France passenger jet makes emergency landing in Cairo

3 April 2016 13:14 (UTC+04:00)
Air France passenger jet makes emergency landing in Cairo

An Air France passenger aircraft en route from Amsterdam to Riyadh made an emergency landing in the Egyptian capital of Cairo due to a technical issue, Sputnik reported with the reference to local media.

A total of 193 passengers were on board the plane that was forced to perform the emergency landing, the Al-Yaum Al-Sabia newspaper said.

The issue has already been fixed and the aircraft will continue its flight to Saudi Arabia soon, the news outlet noted.

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