A plane that left Lisbon this Saturday and was destined for the Cuban city of Varadero has landed normally after being forced to return to the Portuguese capital due to “operational circumstances in the non-emergency context.”
The airline that owns the plane, the Spanish World2fly, has assured the Portuguese channel CNN Portugal that the emergency landing has not been declared, since “there was no declared emergency,” said the Portuguese representative Miguel Freitas Simões.
“There was no breakdown, no emergency,” insisted Freitas Simões, contrary to what was reported by several Portuguese media
“There was no breakdown, no emergency,” insisted Freitas Simões, contrary to what several Portuguese media reported, and clarified that a report must now be made to find out what failure has occurred in the landing gear, since the wheels are not they would have positioned as they should at takeoff.
On its social networks, the airline reported that “after resolving the incident on the ground, the plane has already resumed its flight plan and is traveling to Cuba.” Previously, a journalist from the Portuguese channel CNN Portugal who was inside the aircraft said that they anticipated that the inconvenience would be solved without the passengers needing to get up from their seats.
The plane, an Airbus A330-343 that left at 4:36 p.m. (local time), has circled several times for about two hours to burn fuel until it has landed again at the Humberto Delgado airport in Lisbon.
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