BISHKEK, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - A court in Kyrgyzstan has overruled the national aviation regulator's order to ground Boeing passenger planes used by national airlines, the head of the regulator said on Friday.
The Kyrgyz Civil Aviation Department said on Monday that it had suspended the operations of Boeing passenger planes by national airlines due to a series of recent engine failures.
Alexander Nastayev said the regulator's order "has now been annulled" and that these aircraft "will continue to fly."
On Saturday, a Boeing-737-200 operated by a Kyrgyz company had to return to Bishkek soon after take-off on a flight to Islamabad, due to the failure of an engine. The airliner was carrying 43 passengers and six pilots.
The incident was the third such failure involving Boeing airliners in the past four months. In August, a Boeing jet operated by a Kyrgyz company made a forced landing in Kazakhstan after a fuel leak from the left engine. A similar incident occurred in Dubai in July.
