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Plane with 197 passengers makes emergency landing in Portugal
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 An airplane with 197 people aboard coming from London made an emergency landing Friday in the International airport of Faro (Algrave), south of Portugal, with no people injured, official sources said.

Civil Defense officials confirmed the emergency situation of the airplane which requested the entrance to the airport of el Faro near 11:00 local time.

The airplane had problems with an engine.

The mishap generated a level one (out of four) alert at the airport.

None of the passengers or members of the crew was injured.

(Xinhua News Agency August 2, 2008)
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