Hungarian plane makes emergency landing in Prague

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WIRE:06/12/2000 06:50:00 ET PRAGUE, June 12 (Reuters) - A Hungarian Malev airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency landing in Prague on Monday after a false fire alarm, the Czech Airport Authority said. None of the 79 passengers on board was hurt, a spokeswoman said.

The plane was on a regular flight from Prague to Budapest.

"The aircraft returned after 10 minutes when its security system reported fire, but there was none," the spokeswoman told Reuters.

She added that technicians were examining the plane and expected to let it leave for Budapest later on Monday.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20000612_595.html

-- Martin Thompson (mthom1927@aol.com), June 12, 2000


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