Air Zimbabwe has confirmed that one of the two engines on its Boeing plane caught fire during a flight from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Harare on Sunday evening after developing a fault.
In a statement, the airline admitted that its plane had experienced some glitch in South Africa as it was departing for Zimbabwe.
“Air Zimbabwe wishes to inform the public that their Boeing 767-200ER servicing flight UM462 experienced a malfunction in one of its engines, which caused a ‘brief’ tailpipe fire,” part of the statement read.
The carrier said the malfunction did not threaten the continuation of the flight or the safety of the crew and passengers on board, and that the aircraft landed safely in Harare at 8:35pm.
Air Zimbabwe confirmed that their engineers have started investigations into the incident.
[ZNBC]
I guess Mugabe is good for something.
Things in Zimbabwe are not functioning. We should thank God and his resolve in Zambians our biggest problems are corrupt politicians in FDD, PF, UPND,MMD, ZADECO etc. plus alcohol.
So why the fuss if the aircraft landed safely and the malfunction did not threaten the flight or safety of the crew and passengers on board? Maybe somebody was just smoking secretly in the toilets and threw a blunt (akshiki) down the aisles..
Nowadays every aircraft that develops a fault is news…