Njemački zrakoplov prisilno sletio u Beograd

Zrakoplov njemačke kompanije `XL` prisilno je sletio na pistu beogradske zračne luke zbog požara na motoru. Na putu iz Njemačke u Tursku bilo je 169 putnika.

Shocked but safe, passengers from a stricken aircraft recover from the trauma of an emergency landing at Belgrade airport in Serbia.

The Boeing 737-800 of the German company XL Airways was forced to the ground after an engine caught fire.

It was travelling from Germany to Turkey with 169 people on board.

SOUNDBITE: Petra Brucker, passenger of XL flight saying: (English)

"This noise sounds very strange, then the captains says: 'well we have to land' and we all thought it must be really strange and then we went down through the clouds and, but the pilot and the crew were really, really good, and they kept calm, and then suddenly we saw that there was fire outside, and then everything happened very fast, and we went out of the airplane with the slide and ran on the grass."

SOUNDBITE: Piata Beckerbeg, passenger of XL flight saying: (English)

"I did not saw the flames, but I saw the firemen, and suddenly my window was white, and I couldn't see anymore because the foam was on it, and I was afraid because of my little child"

The 163 passengers and six crew were led to safety unharmed.

The plane was doused in foam on landing.

Penny Tweedie, Reuters.