Hamjawai choka ku celebrate emergency landing 😅
Emergency landing ya A380 at the only airport with facilities to host A380 aircraft in East and Central Africa! JKIA can not host A380 plane!
Emirates Airbus A380 forced to land in Dar es Salaam
Sunday, April 16, 2023
By The Citizen Reporter
Media/news company
Mwananchi Communication Limmited
Dar es Salaam. An Airbus A380 belonging to Emirates was on Saturday, April 15, forced to land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, the plane had 514 passengers and crew on board.
The plane which was flying from Sao Paolo Brazil to Dubai reportedly experienced technical issues that forced it to land in Tanzania.
Other sources who are privy to the airport’s operations said the plane with registration EK262, had to stop over to avoid the Sudan airspace, therefore necessitating to refuel.
Sudan's airspace was closed on Saturday after the country was gripped political unrest between two rival military factions on Saturday.
Airport management has yet to comment on the incident.
This was not the first time that a plane belonging to the Emirates of that size and make has landed at JNIA for emergence reasons.
On April 23, 2018, Flight EK 701 belonging to Emirates was diverted to Dar with 503 passengers and crew on board on board due to bad weather. Its original itinerary was Dubai to Mauritius.
An Airbus A380 belonging to Emirates was on Saturday, April 15, forced to land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam, it was not immediately clear how many passengers and...
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