National tabloid Correio da Manhã reported the incident happened on Tuesday, when a fire in the engine of the TAP airbus A321 forced the aircraft to return to the Leonardo da Vinci airport in Fiumicino, Rome, and make an emergency landing.
Quoting the Italian press, CM reports the aircraft had taken off just fifteen minutes earlier, and was carrying 171 passengers and seven crew at the time.
It landed safely and no one was injured.