AP - Tuesday, April 29
SINGAPORE - A Singapore Airlines flight to Paris was diverted to India because one of its two engines appeared to be in trouble, Singapore's national carrier said Monday.
A failure warning prompted the pilot to shut down the left engine of the Boeing 700-300ER and redirect the flight to New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday, Singapore Airlines said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.
The plane landed safely and none of the plane's 235 passengers and 17 crew were injured, said Stephen Forshaw, the carrier's spokesman.
"Singapore Airlines made arrangements for customers to continue on their journey to Paris using a relief aircraft, which was dispatched to Delhi shortly after that," Forshaw said.
Forshaw said an investigation into the plane's GE90 engine, manufactured by General Electric Co., found that the fault was in the gearbox and that the engine was being replaced.
General Electric officials were not immediately available to comment Monday.
The aircraft is expected to return to service after the engine has been changed, he said.
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