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Portugal: World2Fly Airbus makes emergency landing after mechanical problem

2022-06-18T19:40:38.982Z


The A330-300 was supposed to reach Cuba from Lisbon, but encountered a "landing gear" problem shortly after its arrival.


A plane from the airline World2Fly made an emergency landing this Saturday evening at Lisbon airport, announced the National Civil Aviation Authority (Anac).

“The Airbus A330-300 experienced a mechanical problem, apparently with the landing gear, which triggered the emergency landing maneuver,” said an Anac spokeswoman.

Emergency situation with A330 bound for Varadero.

Landing gear problem, apparently.

Now dumping fuel, before returning #LIS for an emergency (but safe, hopefully) landing.

#World2Fly pic.twitter.com/l1Cbrgx6wf

— Sérgio Tavares 🇵🇹 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@STavares__) June 18, 2022

The aircraft took off in the afternoon from Humberto Delgado airport and was destined for the Cuban city of Varadero.

Shortly after taking off, the plane with some 300 passengers on board declared an emergency.

The aircraft landed without incident

It then circled for a long time above the Lisbon region, according to the specialized site FlightRadar, before landing without incident at the airport of the Portuguese capital at 7:10 p.m. local time, surrounded by civil protection vehicles ready to intervene. .

"There was no damage," assured CNN Portugal Miguel Freitas Simões, the Portuguese representative of the company World2Fly.

Source: leparis

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