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Passengers and crew are all safe on board the CZ346 flight that returned to Amsterdam Schipol airport hours after taking off Wednesday afternoon. [Photo/Xinhua] |
"Soon after taking off at 21:13 Beijing time (1313 GMT) from Amsterdam for Beijing, flight CZ346 reported a technical issue and the crew immediately decided to return," Pang Yedong, Amsterdam office head of China Southern Airline, told Xinhua.
"The plane safely landed at Amsterdam airport at 23:32 Beijing time (1532 GMT). All 354 passengers and 26 crew members on board are safe," said Pang.
He added that checks are being made over the plane, a A380 which started operating on Beijing-Amsterdam route starting from June 20 this year.
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