Overview

• The Boeing 777 diverted to Nizhnevartovsk in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi region after the crew reported an engine problem roughly five to six hours into the flight.
• Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said the preliminary cause was a malfunction of one engine and put the total on board at 265.
• Air China has sent a relief aircraft to Nizhnevartovsk to transport passengers onward to Beijing later today.
• The Ural Transport Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that an emergency landing took place.
• Early local reports cited about 311 people and described staff surprise and favorable weather and a long runway influencing the diversion, but officials later provided the lower passenger count.