By Website Writer; A 60-seater passenger Rwandan plane swerved off the runway at Entebbe International Airport this morning.
According to the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Rwanda Air CRJ 9 aircraft, flight number 464 veered off Entebbe runway on landing due to bad weather at 5:31am on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
All passengers were disembarked safely & efforts are underway to remove the aircraft from the runway strip for the normal workers.
Here is an official official statement from UCAA;
ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INCIDENT
An incident happened at Entebbe International Airport this morning at 5:31 am as a Rwanda Air CRJ 9 aircraft, flight number 464 veered off the runway on landing due to bad weather.
All the passengers were disembarked safely and the situation is under control.
The second (alternate) runway 12/30 is operational for small and light aircraft.
All efforts are underway to remove the aircraft from the runway strip so that the main runway can return to full use.
Liable sources indicate that at least 20 out of an estimated 60 people aboard, were Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s visitors from Kigali who were invited by the first son to grace his 48th birthday party slated for April 24, 2022.
Lt Gen Muhoozi who is also the commander of land forces, sent out a tweet two days ago, confirming that Ms. Jolly Mutetsi, the former Miss Rwanda, whom he described as “an old friend” would grace his glamorous birth day party.
He had also indicated that people from East Africa, Africa and all over the world would be free to attend.
This is not the first time for such an incident to happen in Uganda as on January 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines (Boeing 737-800) carrying 139 people slipped off the runway when it landed at 12:41am.
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