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The plane of the Tirana-Bologna line makes a forced landing in Bari

The plane of the Tirana-Bologna line makes a forced landing in Bari

A Tirana-Bologna flight made an emergency landing at Bari airport.

According to what the Italian media reports, the Albawings AWT 229 Tirana-Bologna flight was forced to land in Bari, as it was flying 11,000 meters above the Adriatic, over the Gargano area, and encountered a defect in one of the two engines.

Fortunately, the plane was able to land on the Bari airport runway without problems.

The incident happened in the late morning hours of November 3, at 1:12 p.m., the plane of the low-cost Albanian airline touched the runway of "Karol Wojtyla" in Bari, exactly one hour after departure from Tirana.

The deviation from the expected route happened exactly in the area of ​​Viestes. "Boeing 737", which has been in operation for over 30 years, landed in Bari with only one engine running.

Emergency maneuvers at Bari airport caused delays for other planes in departure and arrival. But fortunately, there were no injuries or damage to the airport facilities or vehicles.

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