Plane makes emergency landing in Jiangsu

An airliner carrying 130 passengers had an engine malfunction and was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Jiangsu province on Monday, the Yangtse Evening Post reported on Friday.

The left engine of a Boeing 737-800 of China United Airlines, scheduled to fly to Quzhou, Zhejiang province, from Beijing, stopped working at around 3 pm on Monday when the plane was about 80 kilometers away from Lianyungang in Jiangsu, the newspaper said.

With only one engine working, the captain was able to land the plane on an airport in Lianyungang, it said.

No casualties were reported, it added.

The airline arranged another flight and gave 200 yuan ($32) in compensation to each passenger.

zhaolei@chinadaily.com.cn