Beijing, Jan 15: All 180 people aboard an Iranian passenger aircraft had a miraculous escape after the plane reported serious mechanical problems and made an emergency landing at the Beijing International Airport today, official sources said. No one was hurt as an airplane of the Iran Airlines, en route to Tokyo made the emergency landing at 9:33 am (0703 IST), aviation authorities said.
There were 154 passengers and 26 crew members on board the flight, according to the Iran Airlines office in Beijing.
Beijing airport officials said the crew on the Tehran-Beijing-Tokyo flight detected malfunctioning of the hydraulic pressure system of the landing gear shortly after taking off from here.
As they attempted to make an emergency landing, the frontal part of the landing gear crashed into the runway, airport security head Lu Changcheng said. Bureau Report