Created Wednesday, Jun 23rd 2021 19:07Z, last updated Wednesday, Jun 23rd 2021 19:07Z
A Sky Gates Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration VP-BCI performing flight U3-9785 from Frankfurt Hahn (Germany) to Moscow Zhukovsky (Russia), was climbing out of Hahn's runway 03 when the crew received a fire warning for one of the engines (RB211), stopped the climb at about 6000 feet and returned to Frankfurt Hahn for a safe landing on runway 03 about 25 minutes after departure.

The fire warning was identified to have been false.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 8.5 hours after landing back.

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