from EB.dk 04 SEP 2010 translated through Google Translator.

SAS forced to emergency land in Sofia!

An SAS plane had to make and emergency landing on Friday evening in Sofia, as an engine suddenly caught fire reports EB.dk

For a group of charter guests from Apollo Travel it was a sad end to a wonderful vacation to the Greek island of Kos. On Friday evening they were heading home to Copenhagen, but the trip did not go quite as planned.

- I could feel the plane dropping a little, so lost a bit of height. And suddenly all the light went off, says Per Kristensen, who sat on the sixth row with his wife.

- All staff went out into the cockpit and I could immediately see that there was something that was completely wrong.

Engine on Fire.

And something was very wrong. There were indeed fire in the aircraft's right engine.

- After a while, the pilot announced through the PA that there was something wrong with one of the engines and that we had to return to Sofia, says Per Kristiansen, who is still shocked after the experience. He says that the landing was relatively undramatic, but that many people began to get uneasy when they saw ambulances and fire trucks parked on the runway.

SAS is sorry for the incidence.

- We are obviously very sad about the situation, and we've done as well as we could. We are examining what it was that happened and whether there has been a fire in the engine, said Communications Manager at SAS, Mikkel Thrane. He says that many guests were offered food and drink after the emergency landing, and they were accommodated in a hotel in Sofia, before they could return home to Kastrup Airport - more than half a day late.

From Eb.dk 04 Sep 2010