A plane from the U.S. airline Continental Airlines, with 150 passengers aboard, made on Friday an emergency landing in the airport of Nicaragua's capital after detecting mechanic failures in the undercarriage.
The official radio station "Nueva Radio ya" reported that the plane circled over the Augusto C. Sandino international airport for many hours, in order to finish the fuel and reduce the risks during the maneuvering.
Nicaraguan police and army officers went to the airport in Managua while the commercial plane was making the emergency landing.
The Nicaraguan Civil Aeronautics authority has not given any official reports about the incident, and by press time it remains unknown if there was anyone injured during the landing.
On Nov. 30, a Boeing 737 from the same airline, with 179 passengers on board, made an emergency landing in the same airport.
On that occasion, the plane, which was flying from Costa Rica to Houston of the U.S., was forced to land due to failure of its turbines.
Source:Xinhua
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