A Delta Airlines Boeing 767 aircraft bound for New York made an emergency stop due to a technical incident at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal, the West African nation’s transport ministry said.
The pilot was able to bring the plane, which carried 216 passengers, to a safe stop and no injuries were recorded, the ministry said in a statement.
“The plane, during take-off, performed an acceleration manoeuvre followed by an emergency stop due to a technical incident,” it said.
The incident occurred a day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it would open a new safety review into Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab following an in-flight emergency in January.
Senegal’s national civil aviation agency and its Bureau of Investigations and Analysis will investigate the incident, it said.
Reuters/Hauwa M.
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