The Brazilian air pressure on Tuesday mentioned that an airplane carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was returning to Brasília, landed safely in Mexico after circling for hours because of a technical downside.
The airplane encountered a technical subject after departing from Mexico Metropolis and was ready to return to a Mexican airport, the place Lula was transferred to a different flight for his journey again to Brazil.
Lieutenant Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz in an announcement mentioned that the crew had “efficiently carried out the security procedures to unravel the issue” and that the presidential jet was consuming gasoline earlier than touchdown at an airport close to Mexico Metropolis.
Lula would change to a different plane for his return to Brazil, Kanitz added.
Based on the Brazilian air pressure’s assertion, the Airbus A319 was nonetheless within the airspace above Mexico Metropolis on Tuesday afternoon. FlightAware, a flight monitoring web site, displayed a Brazilian air pressure Airbus A319, presumably carrying Lula, circling repeatedly over Felipe Angeles airport within the neighborhood of Mexico Metropolis.
Lula was en route again to Brazil after attending the inauguration of Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, when a problem arose shortly after takeoff. He arrived in Mexico on Monday and held a gathering with outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In a separate incident in January, an airplane carrying Lula’s safety personnel skilled technical difficulties throughout a visit to the northeastern Brazilian state of Paraiba, stopping the airplane from taking off. Following the incident, the Brazilian presidency assured that the workers members have been by no means in any hazard.
