Flight makes emergency landing in Italy after pilot forced to cut engine

A flight from Greece to Germany made an emergency landing in Italy after a "reaction near the engine" of the aircraft, airline officials said.

Condor Airlines flight DE3665 was flying from Corfu to Dusseldorf on Saturday. The plane departed Corfu's airport shortly after 8 p.m. local time, according to the tracking site FlightAware . Passengers saw flames near the plane's engine around 8:30 p.m., local media reported . Videos shared on social media show bright orange flames near the engine.

Condor Airlines said it could not confirm an engine fire, but said there was a "reaction near the engine that normally takes place in the engine's combustion chamber leading to a visible reaction at the rear of the engine." The flight crew received a fault message indicating "a parameter indication