What: Kenya Airways Boeing 737-700 en route from Khartoum to Cairo
Where: Sudan
When: January 2, 2013
Who: 56 passengers, 7 crew
Why: On January 1, 2013, Kenya Airways flight KQ320 was en route when it developed engine problems.

Online sources said that there may have been an engine fire handled by an engine fire suppression system while other sources denied a fire. Passengers reported fire shooting from the left engine.

After less than half an hour in the air, pilots returned to Khartoum where they made a safe landing.

Passengers were provided alternative transportation (Wednesday).

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