Zambia

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    Emirates Emergency Landing at Lusaka

    What: Emirates Airbus A330-200 em route from Lusaka to Dubai
    Where: Lusaka, Zambia
    When: Oct 21, 2012
    Why: After takeoff, the flight developed a technical problem.

    The pilot returned to the airport to make a safe landing at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. The plane continued to the gate where passengers disembarked. Emirates representatives have indicated that earlier reports that the plane crash landed were incorrect; and that passengers were accommodated in hotels and have now been re-booked on alternative flights with Emirates or other airlines. Passengers reported hearing a bang in an engine, a bumpy thirty minute flight back to the airport and on disembarking, seeing a hole in the engine.

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    Zambia Crash Endangers President’s Staff

    What: Zambia Air Force plane registration # AF 215 en route to Kasempa
    Where: Mukinge airstrip in Kasempa
    When: October 16, 2010
    Who: Government officials from President Rupiah Banda’s staff
    Why: According to published reports, the pilot delayed his descent, landed too far down the runway. He applied emergency brakes and lost control of the plane, which crashed past the end of the runway.

    Government workers including Minister Mike Mulongoti, Community Development Minister, Michael Kaingu and Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane were aboard but unharmed