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Emirates Airbus A380 forced to land in Dar es Salaam

By  The Citizen Reporter

Media/news company

Mwananchi Communications Limited

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.

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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.

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