A Boeing 777 of the Russian company Rossiya made an emergency landing on Friday following an engine problem.
The manufacturer Boeing is once again in turmoil after an increase in incidents on its aircraft.
A Boeing 777 of the Russian company Rossiya had to make an emergency landing on Friday in Moscow after an engine problem, less than a week after a spectacular reactor incident on a similar aircraft in the United States.
"During cargo flight 4520 Hong Kong-Madrid, a malfunction of the engine control sensor was detected," the company told AFP in a statement, adding that "the crew decided to make an emergency landing. 'emergency' at the Moscow Sheremetyevo airport.
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"The landing went normally. The plane will resume its flight to Madrid after 12 noon (0900 GMT)," added Rossiya, a subsidiary of the Russian state-owned company Aeroflot.
Flight tracking sites confirmed that the aircraft was a Boeing 777.
Hard blow for Boeing
Last week, the reactor of a Boeing 777 operated by the American company United Airlines caught fire shortly after takeoff from Denver in the western United States and lost its fairing.
While the plane was rushing back to the airport, a rain of debris fell on a residential area on the outskirts of Denver.
More than 120 Boeing 777s equipped with select Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines were stranded around the world after this spectacular incident.
The incident is another blow to Boeing, whose reputation had been severely affected by the setbacks of its new medium-haul, the 737 MAX, involved in two close-quarters accidents that killed 346 and banned from flying for nearly two years. .