Tangier: emergency landing of a Royal Air Maroc plane

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Tangier: emergency landing of a Royal Air Maroc plane

Due to a technical problem with one of its engines, a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) plane coming from Russia had to make an emergency landing on Monday at the Ibn Battouta airport in Tangier.

The plane was carrying 125 passengers from Moscow airport to Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport, according to Russian media. The pilot alerted to a technical problem with one of the aircraft’s engines during the flight, forcing him to make an emergency landing at Tangier airport, the same sources cited by the local site Tanja24 add.

The landing took place without incident and a bus was made available to the passengers to take them to their final destination, Casablanca, it is specified. For its part, the Moroccan company said it is working to resolve the technical problem with the plane’s engine and that a replacement flight could be deployed if necessary.