The Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) said in a statement yesterday that an AeroStan Airlines Boeing 747-200F cargo aircraft, flight number BSC4053, en route from Macau to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, was diverted back to the city shortly after departing from the local airport at 1:16 p.m. due to a malfunction in one of its engines.
The statement said that the airport activated its Emergency Operations Centre at 1:46 p.m., adding that the plane landed safely on the runway at 1:59 p.m. and was parked on the airport apron for further inspection.
The statement underlined that no injuries were caused to the crew.
According to the statement, the Emergency Operations Centre was stood down at 2:44 p.m. and the airport resumed normal operations.
The statement stressed that the airline was ordered to provide written notification of the incident within 72 hours after the incident. The Macau Civil Aviation Authority will decide on the course of action after assessing the written information, the statement noted.
AeroStan Airlines is an air cargo company operating international charter flights, according to its website, which points out that AeroStan Airlines is the first air cargo company in Kyrgyzstan which received permission to fly to China.
This undated filed photo taken from Macau International Airport’s Facebook page yesterday shows the airport’s departure hall.
