Wizz Air jet makes emergency landing

Officials at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport says a Wizz Air jet has made a safe emergency landing there after reporting a landing gear problem.

Wizz Air and airport officials say no injuries were reported, although officials said a few people requested medical checkups after passengers disembarked on exit slides Saturday morning.

The European low-cost carrier is set to make its UAE debut from Dubai World Central airport, and will connect Dubai with Budapest,  Bucharest, Kiev and Sofia in Bulgaria starting October 28 this year.

The Hungarian budget carrier expects to carry at least 250,000 passengers on its UAE network in the first year of operations.

Airport police official Antonio del Greco said the plane was flying from Bucharest, Romania, to Rome's Ciampino airport when the pilot reported the problem and asked to land instead at da Vinci because it has longer runways.

Del Greco says the landing was "carried out expertly." After landing, the plane tilted to one side, leaning on its left engine.

The Hungarian-based airline says that 165 passengers and six crew members were aboard.

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