Pieces of a Boeing 787 were released | Fiumicino

The Italian authorities are investigating the causes that forced a Boeing 787 from the Norwegian company carrying 298 pbadengers to land at the Fiumicino airport in Rome, after a few fragments of the engine had been unloaded after take-off at the airport. Los Angeles.

The event occurred on Saturday around 16:30 local time when the plane, which had already taken off from Fiumicino airport, had to return immediately to the runway after several fragments of metal fell from the sky, striking roofs of houses and several cars parked in the street, reported the Spanish news agency EFE.

The first hypotheses suggest that fragments, measuring up to five centimeters, broke away from the engine when the aircraft flew over the coastal municipality near the Roman airport.

In order to clarify the reasons for the incident, an investigation was opened, which had already determined that it was due to the presence of a bird because the front of the 39, plane and turbines "were intact".

The aircraft landed without difficulty on runway 16, while emergency teams and security forces, police and firefighters immediately went to the scene.

The 298 pbadengers, the nine cabin crew and the three pilots, "got off the plane normally and without injury," the authorities said.

The Italian National Flight Safety Agency ordered the opening of an operational inspection in the region, while the Norwegian airline said in a statement that the plane "had a technical problem" without giving more details .