N. Korea's Air Koryo airplane makes emergency landing in China due

An airplane of North Korea's flag carrier Air Koryo made an emergency landing in the Chinese city of Shenyang on Friday due to fire, a Chinese report said.

The flight en route from Pyongyang to Beijing "made a forced landing in China's northeastern city of Shenyang because the plane caught fire," said Xinhua News Agency, citing a passenger on board.

Referring to flight tracking websites, Japan's Kyodo News later added that the Tupolev Tu-204 plane "diverted shortly after crossing over the border between the two countries at around 8:25 a.m. (Chinese time)" before landing at Shenyang's Taoxian International Airport at 8:50 a.m. (Yonhap)