Dozens of people were stranded in Europe for a second night on Saturday after their US-bound flight made an emergency landing in Dublin following an engine failure, passengers said.
Brussels Airlines flight 101 was en route from Brussels to New York on Friday when pilots issued a “pan-pan” message, which indicates a problem less serious than a “mayday,” when flying at 37,000 feet, aviation media and tracking websites said.
Lufthansa unit Brussels Airlines confirmed that the plane had diverted after an engine warning and said pilots had followed standard procedure. They included 18-year-old Maja Schmidt from Germany who was heading to New York to work as an au pair. Also on board was 22-year-old Oliver Sommerburg from near Hamburg, Germany, taking only the second flight of his life.Bernard Vidick, a Belgian judicial officer, said he had been refused a connecting flight in Paris because the plane bringing stranded passengers from Dublin had also been delayed.
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