An Air Zimbabwe plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport with 91 passengers on board caught fire at Kamuzu International Airport in Malawi. Aviation authorities said Fire fighters doused the Air Zimbabwe plane after it’s eight rear tires burst in to flames during an abortive take-off.
Mr Alfred Mtilatila, chief aviation officer at Kamuzu International Airport in Malawi said the incident involved an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 which was bound for London’s Gatwick Airport. The plane aborted take-off after it stuck two birds which were sucked into it’s turbines.
Mr Mtilatila added that nobody was hurt in the accident and all passengers were evacuated safely.
The plane had left Harare with 85 passengers on it’s way to London.
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Our national airline is really falling apart. I’m not so certain if I would fly them in the near future if I was home.
Gerri- I used Air Zimbabwe the last time I went home. It wasn’t the most enjoyable journey. First the seats were not that comfortable for a long haul flight. The on-board entertainment was rubbish….If I remember well it was some old recording by Lazarus Tembo(do you remember the guy from Jarzin Man) God knows how old the recording was.
The national airline is no longer that reliable.
Indeed things are no longer the same at Air Zimbabwe.