{{Kenya Airways flight to Cairo with 56 passengers on board was forced to return to Khartoum after a \u201ctechnical problem\u201d with an engine, the airline said on Wednesday.}}<\/p>\n
An official declined to give details but said there were no injuries and the aircraft landed safely back in the Sudanese capital.<\/p>\n
Flight 320 took off from Khartoum at 9:00 pm (1800 GMT) Tuesday but after 45 minutes had to turn back, said an airline official who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to safety the captain turned back,\u201d the official said. \u201cThere was a technical problem with the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did not identify the type of airplane but Kenya Airways uses Boeing 737 jets on the route.<\/p>\n
A technical team from Kenya was travelling to Khartoum to assess the engine, the official said, adding that most of the passengers had already been transferred to other flights.<\/p>\n
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