MOSCOW: A Boeing 777 flying from Beijing to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

The aircraft had to land after the failure of its left engine, the three main Russian news agencies reported. News agencies said 304 people were aboard and that there were no casualties.

The twin-engine Boeing was operated by Air France, ITAR-TASS quoted an unidentified representative at Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport as saying. Airport officials and the city’s Emergency Situations Ministry could not be immediately reached for comment.—AFP

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