A plane from London Heathrow with 311 people on board made an emergency landing in Russia early today.

The Boeing 777-39L(ER) suffered 'engine failure' and requested landing at Nizhnevartovsk in Siberia.

Footage shows the Air China aircraft - bound for Beijing - landing in the remote city in Russia's Khanty-Mansi autonomous region.

It was not immediately clear how many British citizens were aboard the stricken plane.

The flight had left Heathrow at 10:43pm, and landed at 8:17am local time in Nizhnevartovsk - 3:17am UK time.