Czech-owned plane makes unscheduled landing in Brno

A Boeing 737 operated by the Czech-owned charter carrier Travel Service was forced to make an unscheduled landing on Saturday due to technical problems. The plane landed in the city of Brno while en route to the Greek island of Crete. According to the carrier, none of the 180 passengers or crew suffered injury. A replacement plane then took passengers on to their original destination.

Travel Service is the Czech Republic's biggest domestic charter carrier. On September 1st another of company's 737 experienced problems en route to Alicante, Spain, forced to make an emergency landing in France.

Author: Jan Velinger