SHENYANG, July 22, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 22, 2016 shows an Air Koryo passenger plane (R) that has made a forced landing at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. The passenger plane of Air Koryo, the national carrier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was forced to land in Shenyang Friday. The JS151 flight, which was en route from Pyongyang to Beijing, made the landing safely at the airport at 8:50 a.m.. No one on board was injured, according to the airport authority. Smoke was seen from a compartment when the plane landed. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
SHENYANG, July 22 (Xinhua) -- An Air Koryo passenger plane, the national carrier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was forced to land in Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday.
The JS151 flight, which was en route from Pyongyang to Beijing, made the landing safely at the airport at 8:50 a.m.. No one on board was injured, according to the airport authority.
Smoke was seen from a compartment when the plane landed. There were 60 passengers and 15 crew on board.
The airport authority immediately despatched a team to help check the plane.
The passengers were transferred to another flight to Beijing. The plane remains at the airport.
No details on the cause of the incident have been released yet.
