Flight Lands Again After 9 Hours at the Departure Point

Kronen Zeitung

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A flight from Frankfurt to Singapore was supposed to take about twelve hours – but for around 400 passengers on an Airbus A380 from Singapore Airlines, the trip became a marathon for almost two days. Over the Caspian Sea, the crew suddenly noticed a technical defect and turned the superjumbo upside down. The passengers returned to the airport. The return flight thus extended for almost nine hours before the passengers arrived at the airport agai…