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Kenya: charter flight with Italians on board carries out an emergency landing

Mombasa, Kenya - They were all reprotected in hotels of the area

The pilot of a charter flight with about 190 Italians on board changed course and carried out an emergency landing in the airport of Mombasa apparently due to a technical hitch in one engine. The airplane was coming from Zanzibar where it made a technical stopover for embarking other passengers and refuelling the tanks, which were full in the moment of the emergency. It was therefore necessary to empty...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1086406
Rome, Italy, 02/27/2008 16:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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