Gulf Air flight makes emergency landing at NAIA due to engine trouble

A Gulf Air flight bound for Bahrain returned to Manila on Friday afternoon to make an emergency landing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.

"Gulf Air confirms that it's flight number GF155 from Manila to Bahrain this morning 5th August 2016 suffered from an engine failure in one of the engines right after take off at 1305 manila local time. The Aircraft landed safely and all passengers disembarked the aircraft," Gulf Air said on Twitter.

"The aircraft is now attended by engineers and shall resume back to Bahrain once inspected fully," it added.

PHOTO: @GulfAir Airbus 330-200, Flight GF 154 na nag-emergency sa NAIA terminal 1. | via @dzbbsamnielsen pic.twitter.com/yZnYsB6r8K

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) August 5, 2016

Reporter Sam Nielsen of radio station dzBB quoted a passenger as saying that the temperature inside the cabin rose before the airplane turned around.

The plane had been traveling for an hour before it made the emergency landing. —Jessica Bartolome/NB, GMA News