DAKAR (Reuters) – A Delta Airlines Boeing 767 airplane sure for New York made an emergency cease on account of a technical incident at Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, the West African nation’s transport ministry mentioned.
The pilot managed to cease the airplane, which was carrying 216 passengers, safely and no accidents have been reported, the ministry mentioned in a press release.
“During take-off, the plane carried out an acceleration maneuver adopted by emergency braking on account of a technical incident,” the word reads.
The crash got here a day after the US Federal Aviation Administration mentioned it might open a brand new security evaluate into Boeing following an in-flight emergency in January.
Senegal’s nationwide civil aviation company and its Bureau of Investigation and Analysis will examine the crash, he mentioned.
(Reporting by Ngouda Dione; Writing by Portia Crowe; Editing by Alistair Bell)
