Royal Air Maroc Denies Reports of Boeing 767 Emergency Landing in Congo

A photo of a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) aircraft on fire on the tarmac of an airport has gone viral on social media. The aircraft would have made an emergency landing in Congo. The post indicates that it was a "near-miss crash" of a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) Boeing 767, whose engine would have caught fire on the tarmac of an airport in Congo. In turn, the Guinean and Congolese media have made it their main story. These media reported that this "serious incident" occurred on Saturday night to Sunday, during a flight from Brazzaville to Casablanca.

"At no time was the safety of the passengers compromised. The dashboard reported a minor malfunction in one of the two engines. As a precaution, the captain shut down the engine and turned back, before landing at Maya Maya airport," explained a senior RAM official to Le360.

The airline, he assures, took care of the 160 passengers and housed them in various hotels in Brazzaville, before the arrival of another RAM plane the next day. The aircraft transported them to Casablanca. He will add that RAM serves Congo via a B 737, not via the B 767.

The incident to which the image widely published on social networks refers, occurred in November 2013, on the tarmac of a handler vehicle, near an aircraft operating the Montreal-Casablanca route, specifies RAM. At the time, the aircraft had made an emergency landing at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.