An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 757-200 made an emergency landing in Malta yesterday because of a technical problem
The twin-engined aircraft was flying from Rome to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) with 135 people on board.
The Aviation Herald website said the aircraft was 140km northeast of Malta when the crew reported the starboard engine had been shut down and decided to divert to Malta.
They requested emergency services on stand by.
The aircraft landed safely and was able to taxi to an apron.
However, Ethiopian Airlines denied that one of its engines failed and said that the problem was a minor technical one and the flight continued its normal scheduled operation.