Complex sentence: The flight had an explosion on board, 20 minutes after take-off, on 2 February 2016, but pilot Vladimir Vodopivec, a 64-year-old Serbian from Belgrade, was able to safely land the aircraft.
Split into simpler sentences: The flight had an explosion on board, 20 minutes after take-off, on 2 February 2016, but was able to make a controlled landing. Pilot Vladimir Vodopivec, a 64-year-old Serbian from Belgrade, was able to safely land the aircraft.